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Ezekiel 28:17

Ezekiel 28:17
Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty,.... Riches, wealth, power, and authority; see Eze 28:5, as the pope of Rome is, because of his dignity, the pomp and splendour of the Roman church, and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Ezekiel 28:11-19

The dirge of the prince of Tyre, answering to the dirge of the state. The passage is ironical; its main purpose is to depict all the glory, real or assumed, of “the prince of Tyrus,” in order to show…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 28:11-19

As after the prediction of the ruin of Tyre (ch. 26) followed a pathetic lamentation for it (ch. 27), so after the ruin of the king of Tyre is foretold it is bewailed.

I. This is commonly understood…