From 73463b35722edcda31acbcb27ab7bc410bacd8a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 21:13:56 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Ezekiel 28:1-10 --- content/bible_journal/ezekiel_28:1-10.md | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/ezekiel_28:1-10.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_28:1-10.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_28:1-10.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a9013bc --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_28:1-10.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ ++++ +title = "Ezekiel 28:1–10" +date = "2023-05-19" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel28.1-10) + +The prince of Tyre at this time was a man named Ethbaal. The prophecy Ezekiel +gives us reveals to us the great pride he had in himself. He fancied himself +the god over the seas, which many cultures considered a symbol of chaos and +death in their cosmologies. The Lord actually affirms the prince's great +wisdom, greater than that of Danel (an Ugaritic king of legend, not the prophet +Daniel), and by this wisdom he has amassed wealth through trade. The Lord +affirms this because they are the source of his pride, and his pride is the +reason for his downfall. + +Instead of praising the God who made him, Ethbaal considers the things he has +accomplished as something he has done all on his own. For not giving the Lord +the glory He is due, the sentence is death and all the things that he took +pride in will be plundered and destroyed. Neither did Ethbaal build them up, +nor can he keep them safe. + +The prince of Tyre is mocked in verse 9, asked if he will continue to claim +divinity even as he is slain. It's a familiar-sounding scene, as if from a +movie. An evil tyrant is overthrown, all while shouting, "No, you can't do +this! I am a god!" Whether Ethbaal actually said or thought such a thing at the +time is unknown, but the end result is the same, and Tyre fell to the +Babylonians. + +* * * + +You are jealous of Your glory and You deserve all praise and honor.