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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. Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.The uncircumcised - The pagan idolaters as opposed to the covenant-people. Compare the words describing the lot of Tyre as having been in Eden Ezekiel 28:13.Įzekiel 28:2Thou hast said, I am a god - Compare Ezekiel 29:3 Daniel 4:30 Acts 12:22 2 Thessalonians 2:4.
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I sit in the seat of God - Words denoting the speaker's pride but the situation of the island-city, full of beauty, in the midst of the blue water of the Mediterranean, gives force to the expression. 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:Thou hast said, I am a god - Compare Ezekiel 29:3 Daniel 4:30 Acts 12:22 2 Thessalonians 2:4. The "mystery of iniquity is ever working, and in that working we recognize the power of Satan whom God condemns and will destroy. Hence, some of the fathers saw upon the throne, not simply a hostile monarch, but "the Prince of this world, spiritual wickedness (or wicked spirits) in high places." Whenever evil in any way domineers over good, there is a "prince of Tyrus," against whom God utters His voice. In them was embodied the principle of evil opposing itself to the divine government of the world. Idolatrous nations and idolatrous kings were, in the eyes of the prophet, antagonists to the true God. The doom of Tyre could not be complete without denunciation of the prince of Tyre.
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Their glory is his glory, their pride his pride. The prince is here the embodiment of the community. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,The prophecy against the prince of Tyre.