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 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 your renown went forth among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through the splendor that I had bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.

"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because it towered high and set its top among the clouds, and its heart was proud of its height,

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

Thou hast

The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings"?

The wise men shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

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

I will cast

Pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.

Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.

The LORDlifts up the humble; he casts the wicked to the ground.

I will lay

And they shall burn your houses and execute judgments upon you in the sight of many women. I will make you stop playing the whore, and you shall also give payment no more.

Thus will I put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not commit lewdness as you have done.

I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when I brandish my sword before them. They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.

Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come; it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations.