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 prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god--

And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

And they will raise a lamentation over you and say to you, "'How you have perished, you who were inhabited from the seas, O city renowned, who was mighty on the sea; she and her inhabitants imposed their terror on all her inhabitants!

"Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre,

"Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: "You consider yourself a lion of the nations, but you are like a dragon in the seas; you burst forth in your rivers, trouble the waters with your feet, and foul their rivers.

Jeremiah also uttered a lament for Josiah; and all the singing men and singing women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day. They made these a rule in Israel; behold, they are written in the Laments.

you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: "How the oppressor has ceased, the insolent fury ceased!

Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Consider, and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skillful women to come;

Thou sealest

and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrances 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.'

When therefore I have completed this and have delivered to them what has been collected, I will leave for Spain by way of you.

and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

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No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the LORD.

For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I remove the boundaries of peoples, and plunder their treasures; like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.

Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,

And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.

Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart."

For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking 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 is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

General references

"Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre,