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Matthew Henry

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

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

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 28:7

I will bring strangers upon thee - The Chaldeans. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 28:9

Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee - Wilt thou continue thy pride and arrogance when the sword is sheathed in thee, and still imagine that thou art self-sufficient and independent? read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 28:10

The deaths of the uncircumcised - Two deaths, temporal and eternal. Ithobaal was taken and killed by Nebuchadnezzar. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 28:1-10

Pride's terrible fall. A real king incorporates in himself all that is best and mightiest in the people. The aims, and enterprises, and ambitions, and spirit of the nation should find a place in his breast. He is a mirror, in which the life of the empire is reflected. Whether he leads or whether he follows the bent of the nation's will (and, in part, he will do both), he becomes the visible exponent of the nation's life. All that is good in the empire, and all that is evil, blossoms in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 28:1-10

The course and doom of arrogance. This prophecy is directed against "the Prince [or, 'King'] of Tyre" ( Ezekiel 28:1 ), and was doubtless meant lot him particularly; but it may be taken that he was representative of his court and of his people, and that the denunciation and doom here recorded apply to the state as well as to its head. We have suggested to us the course as well as the doom of arrogance. I. IT BEGINS IN A DANGEROUS AND IRREVERENT COMPLACENCY . The... read more

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