John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 28:10
Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised ,.... Or the death of the wicked, as the Targum; the first and second death, temporal and eternal: the former by the hand of strangers , the Chaldeans, in various shapes; and the latter will follow upon it: it may denote the various kinds of death which the inhabitants of Rome will die when destroyed, some by famine, some by pestilence, and others by fire; when these plagues shall come upon her in one day, Revelation 18:8 . for I have... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 28:9
Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God ?.... When thou art in the enemies' hands, and just going to be put to death, wilt thou then confidently assert thy deity, and to his face tell him that thou art God? surely thy courage and thy confidence, thy blasphemy and impiety, will leave thee then; a bitter sarcasm this! and so the pope of Rome, the antichristian beast, when taken, and just going to be cast into the lake of fire along with the false prophet, will not have the... read more