Ezekiel 28:17

¹⁵ From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways— until wickedness was found in you.

¹⁶ By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.

Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.

¹⁸ By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.

¹⁹ All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I have cast you to the ground. I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.
ASV: Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground; I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
DARBY: Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground, I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
BLB: Your heart was lifted up in your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor! Upon the ground I cast you; before the faces of kings I set you that they might gaze at you.

ÅB: Ditt hjerte opphøyet seg for din skjønnhets skyld, du ødela din visdom på grunn av din glans; jeg kastet deg til jorden, jeg la deg ned for kongers åsyn, for at de skulle se på deg med lyst.
OTB: Ditt hjerte ble stolt på grunn av din skjønnhet;
du korrumperte din visdom på grunn av din prakt.
Jeg kastet deg til jorden;
jeg eksponerte deg for konger,
for at de skulle stirre på deg.
B1930: Ditt hjerte ophøiet sig for din skjønnhets skyld, du ødela din visdom på grunn av din glans; jeg kastet dig til jorden, jeg la dig ned for kongers åsyn, forat de skulde se på dig med lyst.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 28:5
By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
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James 4:6
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
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Ezekiel 31:10
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,
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Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
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Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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Psalms 147:6
The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
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Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
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