Ezekiel 28:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Heart

James 4:6

Thou hast

I will cast

Job 40:11

Psalm 73:18

Psalm 147:6

I will lay

Bible References

Heart

“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre: 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.

Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor, which I had bestowed on you.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

“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,

When pride comes, disgrace follows,
but with humility comes wisdom.

Pride comes before destruction,
and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

But He gives greater grace. Therefore He says:

God resists the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.

Thou hast

The princes of Zoan are complete fools;
Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice!
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one of the wise,
a student of eastern kings”?

The wise will be put to shame;
they will be dismayed and snared.
They have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom do they really have?

Claiming to be wise, they became fools

For it is written:

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.

I will cast

Unleash your raging anger;
look on every proud person and humiliate him.

Indeed, You put them in slippery places;
You make them fall into ruin.

The Lord helps the afflicted
but brings the wicked to the ground.

I will lay

Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgments against you in the sight of many women. I will stop you from being a prostitute, and you will never again pay fees for lovers.

So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your indecent behavior.

I will cause many nations to be appalled at you,
and their kings will shudder with fear because of you
when I brandish My sword in front of them.
On the day of your downfall
each of them will tremble
every moment for his life.

Sheol below is eager to greet your coming.
He stirs up the spirits of the departed for you—
all the rulers of the earth.
He makes all the kings of the nations
rise from their thrones.