Eze 28:2
28:2 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 [art] a man, and not God, though thou
     settest thy heart as the heart of God:

     (a) I am safe as God is safe in the heavens and no one can
         hurt me.

Eze 28:3
28:3 Behold, thou [art] wiser than {b} Daniel; there is no
     secret that they can hide from thee:

     (b) Thus he speaks by derision: for Daniel had declared
         notable signs of his wisdom in Babylon, when Ezekiel
         wrote this.

Eze 28:10
28:10 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.

Eze 28:12
28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre,
      and say to him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up
      the sum, full of {d} wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

      (d) He derides the vain opinion and confidence that the
          Tyrians had in their riches, strength and pleasures.

Eze 28:14
28:14 Thou [art] {e} the anointed cherub that covereth; and I
      have set thee {f} [so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain
      of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the
      {g} stones of fire.

      (e) He means the royal state of Tyre, which for the
          excellency and glory of it he compares to the cherubim
          which covered the Ark, and by "anointed" he signifies
          the same.
      (f) I did you this honour to make you one of the builders
          of my temple, which was when Hiram sent to Solomon
          things necessary for the work.
      (g) That is, among my people Israel, which shined as
          precious stones.

Eze 28:15
28:15 Thou [wast] perfect in thy ways from the day that thou
      wast {h} created, till iniquity was found in thee.

      (h) Which was when I first called you to this dignity.

Eze 28:16
28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the
      midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned:
      therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the {i}
      mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering
      cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

      (i) You will have no part among my people.

Eze 28:18
28:18 Thou hast defiled thy {k} sanctuaries by the multitude of
      thy iniquities, by the iniquity of thy merchandise;
      therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of
      thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes
      upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

      (k) That is, the honour to which I called them.

Eze 28:22
28:22 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against
      thee, O Zidon; and I will be {l} glorified in the midst of
      thee: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I
      shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be
      sanctified in her.

      (l) By executing my judgments against your wickedness.

Eze 28:23
28:23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her
      streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of
      her {m} by the sword upon her on every side; and they
      shall know that I [am] the LORD.

      (m) That is Nebuchadnezzar.

Eze 28:25
28:25 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the
      house of Israel from the people among whom they are
      scattered, and shall be {n} sanctified in them in the
      sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their land
      that I have given to my servant Jacob.

      (n) He shows why God will assemble his Church and preserve
          it, though he destroy his enemies: that is, that they
          should praise him, and give thanks for his great
          mercies.



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