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