Ezekiel 28:2-12

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 28:1-10

We had done with Tyrus in the foregoing chapter, but now the prince of Tyrus is to be singled out from the rest. Here is something to be said to him by himself, a message to him from God, which the prophet must send him, whether he will hear or whether he will forbear. I. He must tell him of his pride. His people are proud (Ezek. 27:3) and so is he; and they shall both be made to know that God resists the proud. Let us see, 1. What were the expressions of his pride: His heart was lifted up,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 28:11-19

As after the prediction of the ruin of Tyre (Ezek. 26:1-21) followed a pathetic lamentation for it (Ezek. 27:1-36), so after the ruin of the king of Tyre is foretold it is bewailed. I. This is commonly understood of the prince who then reigned over Tyre, spoken to, Ezek. 28:2. His name was Ethbaal, or Ithobalus, as Diodorus Siculus calls him that was king of Tyre when Nebuchadnezzar destroyed it. He was, it seems, upon all external accounts an accomplished man, very great and famous; but his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 28:2

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre ,.... Whose name was Ethbaal, or Ithobalus, as he is called in Josephus; for that this was Hiram that was in the days of Solomon, and lived a thousand years, is a fable of the Jewish Rabbins, as Jerom relates: this prince of Tyre is thought by some to be an emblem of the devil; but rather of antichrist; and between them there is a great agreement, and it seems to have a prophetic respect to him: thus saith the Lord God, because thine heart is lifted... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 28:3

Behold; thou art wiser than Daniel ,.... That is, in his own opinion; or it is ironically said. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render it by way of interrogation, "art thou not wiser than Daniel?" who was now at the court of Babylon, and was famous throughout all Chaldea for his knowledge in politics, his wisdom and prudence in government, as well as his skill in interpreting dreams. The Jews have a saying, that "if all the wise men of the nations were in one scale, and Daniel... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 28:4

With thy wisdom and with thy understanding thou hast gotten thee riches ,.... Through skill in navigation and trade, for which the Tyrians and their princes were famous, they acquired great wealth: so antichrist, by carnal policy, and hellish subtlety, has amassed vast treasures together; the sale of pardons and indulgences has brought immense riches into the pope's coffers: and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures ; in great quantities; see Revelation 18:3 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 28:5

By thy great wisdom and by thy traffic ,.... Or, "by thy great wisdom in thy traffic" F9 ברכלתך "in negotione tua", V. L. Pagninus, Starckius; "in mercatura tua", Junius & Tremellius. ; through great skill in trade and commerce: hast thou increased thy riches ; to a very great degree, a prodigious bulk; so antichrist has done, especially through trafficking with the souls of men, which is one part of his merchandise, as it was of Tyre, Revelation 18:13 , and thine heart... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 28:6

Therefore thus saith the Lord God ,.... Now follows the punishment threatened, because of all this pride, haughtiness, and blasphemy: because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God ; seeking thine own glory; setting up thyself above all others; assuming that to thyself which belongs to God; and making thyself equal to him, or showing thyself as if thou wast God; See Gill on Ezekiel 28:2 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 28:7

Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers upon thee ,.... The Chaldean army, who not only lived at a distance from Tyre, but were unknown to them, not trading with them; nor are they mentioned among the merchants of Tyre: these, in the mystical sense, may design the angels that shall pour out the vials on the antichristian states, the kings of Protestant nations: the terrible of the nations ; as the Babylonians were, very formidable to the world, having conquered many countries, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 28:8

They shall bring thee down to the pit ,.... Or, "to corruption" F11 לשחת "ad corruptionem". ; to the grave, the pit of corruption and destruction; so antichrist shall go into perdition, into the bottomless pit from whence he came, Revelation 17:8 , and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas ; that die in a sea fight, whose carcasses are thrown overboard, and devoured by fishes. read more

John Gill

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

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