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 44:5

44:5 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, pay attention, ⁵  watch closely and listen carefully to ⁶  everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the Lord’s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances ⁷  to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.

[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.”

[44:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “set your heart” (so also in the latter part of the verse).

[44:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “Set your mind, look with your eyes, and with your ears hear.”

[44:5]  ⁷ tc The Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum read the plural. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:618.