I am a god— These words are an insolent boast of self-sufficiency; as if he had said, "I neither fear any prince, nor stand in need of any assistance; I am seated in a place of impregnable strength; the seas surround me; I am freed from the assaults of an enemy." See Isaiah 23:9 and Lowth.
Verse Ezekiel 28:2. _SAY UNTO THE PRINCE OF TYRUS_] But who was this prince of Tyrus? Some think _Hiram_; some, _Sin_; some, the _devil_; others, _Ithobaal_, with whom the chronology and circumstances...
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...
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:4. THE PRINCE OF TYRUS. The prince (Hebrew. _nagid)_ is to be distinguished as the type (verses: Ezekiel 28:1) from the king (_melek_) of Tyre, the antitype (verses:...
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...
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...
28:2 *God, (b-28) Or 'I am *God' ( _ El_ )....
THE PRINCE OF TYRUS] the king of Tyre at this time was Ithobalus (Ethbaal) II....
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...
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
I AM A GOD. — The arraignment of the prince occupies Ezekiel 28:2, his consequent doom Ezekiel 28:6. The point of the charge is inordinate pride, begotten of great prosperity; this prosperity, being a...
בֶּן ־אָדָ֡ם אֱמֹר֩ לִ נְגִ֨יד צֹ֜ר כֹּֽה
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...
Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy heart [is] lifted up, and thou hast said, (a) I [am] a god, I sit [in] the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou ...
Prince. The Jews say Hiram, (St. Jerome) supposing that he lived a thousand years; though this is not requisite, as he died only four hundred and thirty years before. The idea is childish. The king wh...
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...
SON OF MAN, SAY UNTO THE PRINCE OF TYRE,.... Whose name was Ethbaal, or Ithobalus, as he is called in Josephus; for that this was Hiram that was in the days of Solomon, and lived a thousand years, is...
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...
_Say to the prince of Tyrus_ The name of this prince was Ithobalus, according to the Phenician annals. _Because thy heart is lifted up _ In pride and self-conceit; _and thou hast said_ Namely, in thy...
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, the ruler of the great commercial capital arid metropolis, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, He who holds in his hand the fate of empires as well as of individuals, BE...
GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON THE PRINCE OF TYRE...
MIDST: _ Heb._ heart...
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...
UNTO; of. THE PRINCES; king, whose name was either Ethbaal, or Ithobaal. THINE HEART IS LIFTED UP; thou art waxen proud, and aspirest above all reason, and boastest extravagantly in thyself, state pol...
Ezekiel 28:2 Son H1121 man H120 say H559 (H8798) prince H5057 Tyre H6865 says H559 (H8804) Lord...
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...
“Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god (or ‘I am El'), I sit in the seat of the gods (or ‘of God'), in the midst of the seas'. Yet you are a man and not a god (or ‘not El'),...
‘The word of Yahweh came to me again saying, “Son of man, say to the prince (nagid) of Tyre, thus says the Lord Yahweh.” This new oracle comes with a deliberate contrast between ‘a prince' in contrast...
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....
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 28:2 Tyre’s king is called a PRINCE. This is probably a synonym for “king” (compare Psalms 76:12, where it is a poetic parallel to “kings”)....
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 Peter 5:5; 1 Timothy 3:6; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:4;...
Hast said — In thy heart. In the seat of God — Safe and impregnable as heaven itself. A man — Subject to casualties, sorrows, and distresses. Set thine heart — Thou hast entertained thoughts, which be...