Ezekiel 28:2

28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud and you said, “I am a god;

I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas” –

yet you are a man and not a god,

though you think you are godlike.

Ezekiel 28:17

28:17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor.

I threw you down to the ground;

I placed you before kings, that they might see you.


tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

tn Heb “lifted up.”

sn See Prov 16:5.

tn Or “I am divine.”

tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”