Ezekiel 28:12

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Summary

Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

Take up

Thou sealest

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General references

Ezekiel 27:2

Bible References

Take up

“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“Because your heart is lifted up
And you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a man and not God,
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

“As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel

They will take up a lamentation over you and say to you,
‘How you have perished, O inhabited one,
From the seas, O renowned city,
Which was mighty on the sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who imposed her terror
On all her inhabitants!

“And you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

“Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him,
‘You compared yourself to a young lion of the nations,
Yet you are like the monster in the seas;
And you burst forth in your rivers
And muddied the waters with your feet
And fouled their rivers.’”

Then Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah. And all the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their lamentations to this day. And they made them an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are also written in the Lamentations.

that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“How the oppressor has ceased,
And how fury has ceased!

Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come;
And send for the

wailing women, that they may come!

Thou sealest

and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

Therefore, when I have finished this, and have put my seal on this fruit of theirs, I will go on by way of you to Spain.

who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.

Full

There is no wisdom and no understanding
And no counsel against the Lord.

For he has said,
“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
For I have understanding;
And I removed the boundaries of the peoples
And plundered their treasures,
And like a mighty man I brought down their inhabitants,

Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;

The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

Therefore, brethren, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task.

For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”;

For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the

knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.

General references

“And you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;