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Ezekiel 28:6

Judgment

4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

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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
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,
KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
WEB
“‘therefore the Lord GOD says: “Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
ASV
therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God,
DARBY
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God,
BLB
Therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH: Because you have given your heart as the heart of a god,
ÅB
derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud, så: Fordi du i ditt hjerte tykkes deg å være en gud,
OTB
"‘Derfor sier den suverene Herren:
‘Fordi du har gjort ditt hjerte
som hjertet til en gud,
B1930
derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud, så: Fordi du i ditt hjerte tykkes dig å være en gud,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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:

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  • Exodus 9:17

    As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

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  • James 1:11

    For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 2:4

    Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

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  • Job 40:9–12

    Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

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  • Job 9:4

    He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:22

    Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

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