Ezekiel 28:2

28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince ¹  of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud ²  and you said, “I am a god; ³ 

I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas” –

yet you are a man and not a god,

though you think you are godlike. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 33:12

33:12 “And you, son of man, say to your people, ⁵  ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. ⁶  As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. ⁷  The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness ⁸  if he sins.’ ⁹ 

[28:2]  ¹ tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

[28:2]  ² tn Heb “lifted up.”

[28:2]  ³ tn Or “I am divine.”

[28:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”

[33:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “the sons of your people.”

[33:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the day of his rebellion.” The statement envisions a godly person rejecting what is good and becoming sinful. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:247-48.

[33:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble in it in the day of his turning from his wickedness.”

[33:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “by it.”

[33:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “in the day of his sin.”