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Ezekiel 28 Summary
The Prince of Tyre's Pride and Fall
Ezekiel denounces the prince of Tyre for setting his heart as the heart of God and claiming to sit in God's seat, though he is but a man. Through his great wisdom and traffic he accumulated riches, yet this lifted up his heart in pride. God declares He will bring strangers upon him to defile his brightness and bring him down to the pit. The prophecy shifts to lament the king of Tyre, once perfect in beauty, set as an anointed cherub in Eden until iniquity was found in him and he was cast down.
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Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:”
Ezekiel 28:6
“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;”
Ezekiel 28:14
“Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.”
Ezekiel 28:17
“Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.”
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