Ezekiel 28:7
Context28:7 I am about to bring foreigners 1 against you, the most terrifying of nations.
They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, 2
and they will defile your splendor.
Ezekiel 27:3
Context27:3 Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance 3 of the sea, 4 merchant to the peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘O Tyre, you have said, “I am perfectly beautiful.”
Ezekiel 28:12
Context28:12 “Son of man, sing 5 a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘You were the sealer 6 of perfection,
full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.


[28:7] 1 sn This is probably a reference to the Babylonians.
[28:7] 2 tn Heb “they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom.”
[27:3] 3 tn Heb “entrances.” The plural noun may reflect the fact that Tyre had two main harbors.
[27:3] 4 sn Rome, another economic power, is described in a similar way in Rev 17:1.
[28:12] 6 tn For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81.