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, lift up a lament over the king of Tyre, and say to him, So says the Lord Jehovah: You seal the measure, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

For you have said in your heart, I will go up to the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north.

The king spoke and said, Is this not 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 sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself forth, that he is God.

Yet

Will you yet say before him who kills you, I am of the gods? But you are a man, and not God, in the hand of him who kills you.

Put them in fear, O Jehovah, let the nations know they are but men. Selah.

He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.

And Egypt is a man, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not Spirit. When Jehovah shall stretch out His hand, both he who helps shall fall, and he who is helped shall fall down, and they shall all cease together.

Thou set

Therefore so says the Lord Jehovah: Because you have set your heart as the heart of gods,

who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself forth, that he is God.

General references

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