Ezekiel 26:7 - Exposition

I will bring against thee , etc. There is a special emphasis of abruptness in the way in which Ezekiel brings in the name of the great Chaldean conqueror (we note, by the way, that he adopts the less common spelling of the name), of whom he speaks as "king of kings." The title is used by Daniel ( Daniel 2:37 ) of Nebuchadnezzar, and by Artaxerxes of himself ( Ezra 7:12 ), by Darius in the Nakshi Rustam inscription ('Records of the Past,' 5.151), by Tiglatb-Pileser, with the addition of "lord of lords" (ibid; 5.8).