Ezekiel 28:5

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28:5 By your great skill¹ in trade you have increased your wealth,

and your heart is proud because of your wealth.

Ezekiel 28:4

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28:4 By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself;

you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.

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28:7 I am about to bring foreigners² against you, the most terrifying of nations.

They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom,³

and they will defile your splendor.

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28:17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor.

I threw you down to the ground;

I placed you before kings, that they might see you.

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28:12 “Son of man, sing⁴ a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘You were the sealer⁵ of perfection,

full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

[28:5] ¹tn Or “wisdom.”

[28:7] ²sn This is probably a reference to the Babylonians.

[28:7] ³tn Heb “they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom.”

[28:12] ³tn Heb “lift up.”

[28:12] ⁴tn For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81.