Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord God says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
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:
Note midst: Heb. heart
“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord God says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and no god, though you set your heart as the heart of a god—
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy 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 man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God;—
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Because
- Ezekiel 28:5, 17; Ezekiel 31:10; Deuteronomy 8:14; 2 Chronicles 26:16; Proverbs 16:18; Proverbs 18:12; Isaiah 2:12; Daniel 5:22; Daniel 5:23; Habakkuk 2:4; 1 Timothy 3:6; 1 Peter 5:5
- I am
- Ezekiel 28:6, 9; Genesis 3:5; Acts 12:22, 23; Revelation 17:3
- I sit
- Ezekiel 28:12–14; Isaiah 14:13, 14; Daniel 4:30, 31; 2 Thessalonians 2:4
- in the midst
- Heb. in the heart.
- Ezekiel 27:3, 4, 26, 27
- yet
- Ezekiel 28:9; Psalm 9:20; Psalm 72:6, 7; Isaiah 31:3
- thou set
- Ezekiel 28:6; 2 Thessalonians 2:4