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The Danger of Pride
All commentators agree that the king's primary sin was pride. His immense wealth and power led him to a state of self-deification, what one scholar calls the "insanity of prosperity." He attributed his success to his own might rather than to God. This serves as a timeless warning against the temptation of self-sufficiency and forgetting our dependence on God.
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Ezekiel
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 28:1–10
18th Century
Theologian
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
On Ezekiel 28:2
19th Century
Bishop
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
On Ezekiel 28:2
17th Century
Pastor
Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre
Whose name was Ethbaal, or Ithobalus, as he is called in Josephus; for that th…
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Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 28:1–19
17th Century
Minister
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…