Ezekiel 28:2 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

“Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord: “In your great pride you claim, ‘I am a god! I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.’ But you are only a man and not a god, though you boast that you are a god.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

The prophecy against the prince of Tyre. Throughout the east, the majesty and glory of a people were concentrated in the person of their monarch, w…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

I am a God. —The arraignment of the prince occupies Ezekiel 28:2-5, and his consequent doom Ezekiel 28:6-10. The point of the char…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre
Whose name was Ethbaal, or Ithobalus, as he is called in Josephus; for that th…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Ethbaal, or Ithobal, was the prince or king of Tyre; and being lifted up with excessive pride, he claimed divine honours. Pride is peculiarly the s…