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 saith the Lord GOD; Because thy 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 settest thy heart as the heart of God:

Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited by sea-faring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!

Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre;

Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou didst come forth with thy rivers, and disturb the waters with thy feet, and render their rivers foul.

And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women have spoken of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and behold, they are written in the lamentations.

That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for skillful women, that they may come:

Thou sealest

And say to Tyre, O thou that art situated at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyre, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.

When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go by you into Spain.

Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the spirit in our hearts.

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There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show by a good deportment his works with meekness of wisdom.

General references

Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre;