Ezekiel 28:2 - Exposition

I am a God . We are reminded of Isaiah's words ( Isaiah 14:13 , Isaiah 14:14 ) as to the King of Babylon. Did Ezekiel emphasize and amplify the boasts of Ethbaal, with a side-glance at the Chaldean king, who also was lifted up in the pride of his heart ( Daniel 4:30 )? For like examples, see the boast of Hophra, in Ezekiel 29:3 ; and the praise given to Herod Agrippa by the Tyrians ( Acts 12:21 ). It is noticeable that St. Paul's description of the man of sin ( 2 Thessalonians 2:4 ) presents the same picture in nearly the same words. I sit in the seat of God , etc. Tyro was known as the Holy Island. The city was thought of as rising from its waters like the rock-throne of God. Though thou set thy heart . The words remind us of the temptation in Genesis 3:5 . To forget the limitations of human ignorance and weakness, to claim an authority and demand a homage which belong to God, was the sin of the Prince of Tyre, as it had been that of Sennacherib, as it was of Nebuchadnezzar, as it has been since of the emperors of Rome, and of other rulers.