Ezekiel 28:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; ”

Ezekiel 28:6 - Albert 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...
Ezekiel 28:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 mythologi...
Ezekiel 28:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
Ezekiel 28:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God. Resumptive of Ezekiel 28:2 .
Ezekiel 28:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 28:1-10 ). He is compared t...
Ezekiel 28:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Set thine heart as the heart of God. — The same expression as in Ezekiel 28:2 . (Comp. Obadiah 1:3 , “The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee.”) The meaning is plain: thou hast entertained th...
Ezekiel 28:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

TYRE (CONTINUED): SIDON Ezekiel 27:1-36 ; Ezekiel 28:1-26 THE remaining oracles on Tyre (Chapter s 27, Ezekiel 28:1-19 ) are somewhat different both in subject and mode of treatment from the...
Ezekiel 28:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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, It...
Ezekiel 28:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 w...
Ezekiel 28:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore thus saith the Lord God ,.... Now follows the punishment threatened, because of all this pride, haughtiness, and blasphemy: because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God ; seekin...
Ezekiel 28:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; Ver. 6. Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God. ] Thou thinkest thy wisdom to be divine, an...
Ezekiel 28:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel In thy own conceit. The fame of Daniel's wisdom was quickly spread over Chaldea, upon his being advanced to several posts of honour and dignity by Nebuchadnezzar....
Ezekiel 28:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Fall of the Prince of Tyre. B. C. 588. 1 The word of the L ORD came again unto me, sayi...
Ezekiel 28:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hast set thine heart: see Ezekiel 28:2 . As the heart of God, who doth, as justly he may, design himself, his own glory, in all he designeth and worketh, and take the glory to himself; thou ha...
Ezekiel 28:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 D...
Ezekiel 28:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 CONTRA...
Ezekiel 28:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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. Ezek...
Ezekiel 28:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 sailin...
Ezekiel 28:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Ezekiel 28:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Judgment upon the Prince of Tyre
Ezekiel 28:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:22 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:4 ; Exodus 9:17 ; Ezekiel 28:2 ; James 1:11 ; Job 40:9-12 ; Job 9:4

Ezekiel 28:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 28:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 28:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 28:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 28:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 28:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 28:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 28:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 28:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 28:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 28:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 28:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 28:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 28:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 28:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 28:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 28:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 28:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 28:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 28:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 28:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge