Ezekiel 28:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine 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 set thine heart as the heart of God:

I sit

Yet

Thou set

Ezekiel 28:6

2 Thessalonians 2:4

General references

Proverbs 30:13

Bible References

I sit

Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus says the Lord GOD; You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the farthest sides of the north:

The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?

Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

Yet

Will you yet say before him that slays you, I am a god? but you shall be a man, and no god, in the hand of him that slays you.

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helps shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

Thou set

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have set your heart as the heart of God;

Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

General references

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.