Ezekiel 28:1

Bishop's Bible

The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying:

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
The word of the Lord came to me. He said,

New Living Translation
Then this message came to me from the Lord :

New American Standard Bible
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

New English Translation
The word of the Lord came to me:

Update Bible Version
The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

Amplified Bible
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

English Standard Version
The word of the Lord came to me:

World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,

English Revised Version
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord God said:

American Standard Version
The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,

Bible in Basic English
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,

Complete Jewish Bible
The word of Adonai came to me:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

King James Version (1611)
The word of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,

New Life Bible
The Word of the Lord came to me saying,

New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to me:

Geneva Bible (1587)
The woorde of the Lorde came againe vnto me, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
THE word of the LORD came to me, saying,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Revised Standard Version
The word of the LORD came to me:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Good News Translation
The Lord spoke to me.

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me:

Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

King James Version
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:

THE MESSAGE
God's Message came to me, "Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what God , the Master, says: "‘Your heart is proud, going around saying, "I'm a god. I sit on God's divine throne, ruling the sea"— You, a mere mortal, not even close to being a god, A mere mortal trying to be a god. Look, you think you're smarter than Daniel. No enigmas can stump you. Your sharp intelligence made you world-wealthy. You piled up gold and silver in your banks. You used your head well, worked good deals, made a lot of money. But the money has gone to your head, swelled your head—what a big head!

New King James Version
The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying: ² Thou sonne of man, tel the prince of Tyre, thus sayth the Lorde God: Because thou hast a proude heart, and hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seate of God, in the mids of the sea: wher as thou art but a man, and not God, though thou set thyne heart as the heart of God. ³ Beholde, thou thinkest thy selfe wyser then Daniel, that there is no secretes hyd from thee. ⁴ With thy wisdome and thine vnderstanding thou hast gotten thee great welthines, & gathered treasure of siluer & gold. ⁵ With thy great wysedome and occupying hast thou encreased thy power, and because of thy great riches thy heart is proude. ⁶ Therfore thus sayth the Lorde God, Forsomuch as thou hast set thyne heart as the heart of God: ⁷ Behold, I will bring straungers vpon thee, euen the terrible nations, these shal drawe out their swordes vpon the beautie of thy wysdome, and shall defile thy glorie. ⁸ They shall cast thee downe to the pit, so that thou shalt dye the death of them that be slayne in the mids of the sea. ⁹ Wilt thou say then before them that slay thee, I am a God? where as thou art but a man, and not God, in the handes of them that slay thee. ¹⁰ Die shalt thou the death of the vncircumcized in the handes of the straungers: for I haue spoken it, sayth the Lorde God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 25:22 - Tyrus

Cross-References

Genesis 6:2
And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all.

Genesis 24:3
And I wyll make thee sweare by the Lorde God of heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Chanaanites, amongest which I dwel:

Genesis 24:37
And my maister made me sweare, saying: thou shalt not take a wyfe to my sonne amongest the daughters of the Chanaanites, in whose lande I dwell:

Genesis 27:4
And make me well tastyng meates, such as I loue, and bryng it to me, that I may eate, that my soule may blesse thee before that I dye.

Genesis 27:46
And Rebecca spake to Isahac: I am weery of my lyfe for the daughters of Heth. Yf Iacob take a wyfe of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the lande, what good shall my lyfe do me?

Genesis 28:3
And God almyghtie blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, & multiplie thee, that thou mayest be a number of people:

Genesis 28:4
And geue the blessing of Abraham vnto thee, and to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest receaue to inherite ye lande wherein thou art a straunger, whiche God gaue vnto Abraham.

Genesis 28:14
And thy seede shalbe as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spreade abrode to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south: and in thee, and in thy seede, shall all the kynredes of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 28:15
And see, I am with thee, and wyll be thy keper in all [places] whyther thou goest, and wyll bryng thee agayne into this lande: For I wyl not leaue thee, vntyll I haue made good that whiche I haue promised thee.

Genesis 28:16
When Iacob was awaked out of his sleepe, he sayde: Surely the Lorde is in this place, and I knewe it not.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The word of the Lord came again unto me,.... With another prophecy; as before against the city of Tyre, now against the king of Tyre:

saying; as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 here the embodiment of the community. Their glory is his glory, their pride his pride. The doom of Tyre could not be complete without denunciation of the prince of Tyre. Idolatrous nations and idolatrous kings were, in the eyes of the prophet, antagonists to the true God. In them was embodied the principle of evil opposing itself to the divine government of the world. Hence, some of the fathers saw upon the throne, not simply a hostile monarch, but “the Prince of this world, spiritual wickedness (or wicked spirits) in high places.” Whenever evil in any way domineers over good, there is a “prince of Tyrus,” against whom God utters His voice. The “mystery of iniquity is ever working, and in that working we recognize the power of Satan whom God condemns and will destroy.

Ezekiel 28:2

Thou hast said, I am a god - Compare Ezekiel 29:3; Daniel 4:30; Acts 12:22; 2 Thessalonians 2:4.

I sit in the seat of God - Words denoting the speaker’s pride; but the situation of the island-city, full of beauty, in the midst of the blue water of the Mediterranean, gives force to the expression. Compare the words describing the lot of Tyre as having been in Eden Ezekiel 28:13.

Thou art a man - Rather, thou art man.

Ezekiel 28:3

Thou art wiser than Daniel - The passage is one of strong irony. Compare Ezekiel 14:14; Daniel 6:3.

Ezekiel 28:9

But thou shalt be a man - Rather, yet art thou man.

Ezekiel 28:10

The uncircumcised - The pagan idolaters as opposed to the covenant-people.

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 here the embodiment of the community. Their glory is his glory, their pride his pride. The doom of Tyre could not be complete without denunciation of the prince of Tyre. Idolatrous nations and idolatrous kings were, in the eyes of the prophet, antagonists to the true God. In them was embodied the principle of evil opposing itself to the divine government of the world. Hence, some of the fathers saw upon the throne, not simply a hostile monarch, but “the Prince of this world, spiritual wickedness (or wicked spirits) in high places.” Whenever evil in any way domineers over good, there is a “prince of Tyrus,” against whom God utters His voice. The “mystery of iniquity is ever working, and in that working we recognize the power of Satan whom God condemns and will destroy.

Ezekiel 28:2

Thou hast said, I am a god - Compare Ezekiel 29:3; Daniel 4:30; Acts 12:22; 2 Thessalonians 2:4.

I sit in the seat of God - Words denoting the speaker’s pride; but the situation of the island-city, full of beauty, in the midst of the blue water of the Mediterranean, gives force to the expression. Compare the words describing the lot of Tyre as having been in Eden Ezekiel 28:13.

Thou art a man - Rather, thou art man.

Ezekiel 28:3

Thou art wiser than Daniel - The passage is one of strong irony. Compare Ezekiel 14:14; Daniel 6:3.

Ezekiel 28:9

But thou shalt be a man - Rather, yet art thou man.

Ezekiel 28:10

The uncircumcised - The pagan idolaters as opposed to the covenant-people.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXVIII

The first part of this chapter relates to a King of Tyre,

probably the same who is called in the Phoenician annals

Ithobalus. He seems to have been a vain man, who affected

Divine honours. The prophet treats his foolish pretensions

with severe irony, and predicts his doom, 1-10.

He then takes up a funeral dirge and lamentation over him, in

which his former pomp and splendour are finely contrasted with

his fall, in terms that seem frequently to allude to the fall

of Lucifer from heaven, (Isaiah 14:12 c.,) 11-19.

The overthrow of Sidon, the mother city of Tyre, is next

announced, 20-23

and the chapter concludes with a promise to the Jews of

deliverance from all their enemies, and particularly of their

restoration from the Babylonish captivity, 24-26.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXVIII