Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 28:10
The deaths — Temporal and eternal. Of the uncircumcised — Of the wicked, an accursed death.
The deaths — Temporal and eternal. Of the uncircumcised — Of the wicked, an accursed death.
Verse Ezekiel 28:10. _THE DEATHS OF THE UNCIRCUMCISED_] _Two_ deaths, _temporal_ and _eternal_. Ithobaal was taken and killed by Nebuchadnezzar....
The prophecy against the prince of Tyre. Throughout the east the majesty and glory of a people were collected in the person of their monarch, who in some nations was worshipped as a god. The prince is...
Ezekiel 28:1. The prince of Tyrus, or, as he is also called, the king, was, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, Ithobalus, known in the Phoenician annals as Ithobaal II. He was the consummatio...
EZEKIEL 28. TYRE'S FALL FROM HEAVEN. In a remarkable passage, Ezekiel now conceives the pride of Tyre as incarnate in her king. The detail is often obscure and difficult, reminiscent of a mythological...
DIE. UNCIRCUMCISED: i.e. come to the miserable end of the ungodly. Compare Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 32:19; Ezekiel 32:21; Ezekiel 32:25;...
III. THE PRINCE OF TYRE 28:1-19 The three Chapter s dealing with Tyre conclude with a vigorous attack against the prince of Tyre for his claims to deity. This attack is not to be interpreted personall...
Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. THOU SHALT DIE THE DEATHS OF THE UNCIRCUMCISED - i:e., such a death as the uncircu...
THE KING OF TYRE The overweening pride of the prince of Tyre, which has led him to claim to be a god, is rebuked, and his destruction by strangers is foretold (Ezekiel 28:1). He is compared to an inm...
DEATHS OF THE UNCIRÇUMCISED] a phrase for an ignominious end. So in Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 32:19; Ezekiel 32:21; Ezekiel 32:25;...
EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD” GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 28 AGAINST THE RULER OF TYRE – EZEKIEL 28:1-10 V1 Th
THE UNCIRCUMCISED. — To the Jew this term conveyed all, and more than all, the opprobrium which the Greeks and Romans attached to _barbarians_. (Comp. Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 32:19; Ezekiel 32:21;...
מֹותֵ֧י עֲרֵלִ֛ים תָּמ֖וּת בְּ יַד ־זָרִ֑ים כ
TYRE (CONTINUED): SIDON Ezekiel 27:1; Ezekiel 28:1 THE remaining oracles on Tyre (Chapter s 27, Ezekiel 28:1) are somewhat different both in subject and mode of treatment from the chapter we have jus...
The prophecy concerning Tyre ended with a message to its prince and a lamentation for its king. A distinction must be drawn between these two. Most evidently the prince was the then reigning king, Ith...
Thou shalt die the deaths of the (c) uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord GOD. (c) Like the rest of the heathen and infidels who are God's enemies....
_Uncircumcised. The Jews deemed this a disgrace, 1 Kings xxxi. 4. The king would be exposed to eternal death, being devoid of faith, &c. (Calmet)_...
We have here the continuation of the sad overthrow of Tyre. The Prince of Tyre is particularly noticed, and his daring impiety pointed at. There are no leading characters to discover to whom, or to wh...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 26, 27, AND 28. Although in a certain sense upon Israel's territory, Tyre has another character, and is the subject of a separate prophecy (chaps. 26-28), bec...
THOU SHALT DIE THE DEATHS OF THE UNCIRCUMCISED,.... Or the death of the wicked, as the Targum; the first and second death, temporal and eternal: the former BY THE HAND OF STRANGERS, the Chaldeans, in...
Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 10. _Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised._] Not only a temporal, bu...
GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON THE PRINCE OF TYRE...
Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised, such as the godless heathen deserve by their blasphemous pride, BY THE HAND OF STRANGERS, in further humiliation upon him and in just retribution upon h...
1-19 Ethbaal, or Ithobal, was the prince or king of Tyre; and being lifted up with excessive pride, he claimed Divine honours. Pride is peculiarly the sin of our fallen nature. Nor can any wisdom, ex...
THE DEATHS: EZEKIEL 28:8. A twofold death, temporal and eternal. OF THE UNCIRCUMCISED; of the wicked, or an accursed death: the Jews do express a vile and miserable death thus. Or, the uncircumcised,...
Ezekiel 28:10 die H4191 (H8799) death H4194 uncircumcised H6189 hand H3027 aliens H2114 (H8801) spoken H1696 ...
“Will you yet say before him who slays you, ‘I am a god'. But you are a man and not a god in the hands of him who wounds you. You will die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers. For...
ORACLE AGAINST THE NAGID OF TYRE. Here the King of Tyre is called ‘the Nagid of Tyre'. Nagid (prince) is a title elsewhere restricted in the singular to princes and leaders of Israel. (Some see Daniel...
CONTENTS: Rebuke of the King of Tyre, and the fate of Satan who inspired him. Zidon's judgment and Israel's re-gathering. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Daniel, King of Tyre, Satan. CONCLUSION: Those who...
Ezekiel 28:2. _Say unto the prince of Tyrus because thou hast said, I am_ אל El _God,_ or the strong and mighty One. It is plain from the names of the princes that they bore titles of deity. Ezekiel 2...
_Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus._ THE CAUSES OF NATIONAL DECADENCE Who has not sometimes, standing on Brooklyn Bridge, and looking off on the forests of masts, or upon the fleets sailing ba...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 28:1 Although in lament form, this new oracle against Tyre has the familiar pattern of indictment (vv. Ezekiel 28:2) and outcome (vv....
PROPHETICAL DIRGE ON THE KING OF TYRE, AS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE SPIRIT OF CARNAL PRIDE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF THE WHOLE STATE. THE FALL OF ZIDON, THE MOTHER-CITY. THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL IN CONTRAS...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 28:1 From the city the prophet passes to its ruler, who concentrated in himself whatever was most arrogant and boastful in the temper of his people. He is described here as a" prin...
Now as we get into chapter 28, the attention now is directed against the king of Tyre. Chapter 26 against the city of Tyre, chapter 27 against the merchandising of Tyre, chapter 28 now is directed aga...
1 Samuel 17:26; 1 Samuel 17:36; Acts 7:51; Ezekiel 11:9; Ezekiel 28:7;