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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.

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ASV

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;—

KJV

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:

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28 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בֶּן־ben-O son ofH1121 →
אָדָ֡ם'a.DamhumankindH120 →
אֱמֹר֩'e.MorsayH559 →
לִנְגִ֨ידlin.Gidto [the] ruler ofH5057 →
צֹ֜רtzorTyreH6865 →
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר׀'a.Marhe saysH559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהֹוִ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
יַ֣עַןYa.'anbecauseH3282 →
גָּבַ֤הּga.Vahit has been haughtyH1361 →
לִבְּךָ֙li.be.Khaheart yourH3820 →
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merand you have saidH559 →
אֵ֣ל'el[am] a godH410 →
אָ֔נִי'A.niIH589 →
מוֹשַׁ֧בmo.Shav[the] seat ofH4186 →
אֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430 →
יָשַׁ֖בְתִּיya.Shav.tiI sitH3427 →
בְּלֵ֣בbe.Levin [the] heart ofH3820 →
יַמִּ֑יםya.Mim[the] seasH3220 →
וְאַתָּ֤הve.'a.Tahand youH859 →
אָדָם֙'a.Dam[are] a human beingH120 →
וְֽלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
אֵ֔ל'Ela godH410 →
וַתִּתֵּ֥ןva.ti.Tenand you have madeH5414 →
לִבְּךָ֖li.be.Khaheart yourH3820 →
כְּלֵ֥בke.Levlike [the] heart ofH3820 →
אֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.Hima godH430 →

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Ezekiel 28:9Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.2 Thessalonians 2:4He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.Mark 7:24Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice.Isaiah 14:13–14You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.Isaiah 14:13You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.Galatians 6:14But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.Psalms 9:20Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. SelahIsaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.Judges 7:2Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’Ezekiel 16:49Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.Acts 12:22–23And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”Zephaniah 2:15This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.Ezekiel 28:5By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.Isaiah 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—James 3:5In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.Ezekiel 28:6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

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About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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