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therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.
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God's Instrument of Judgment
Commentators identify the "strangers" and "terrible of the nations" as the formidable Babylonian army. God sovereignly uses even pagan, ruthless nations as instruments to execute His righteous judgment against pride and rebellion, demonstrating that no earthly power is outside of His control.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
Against the beauty of your wisdom.— The figure seems incongruous, but it should be remembered that the expression is only a form o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers upon you The Chaldean army, who not only lived at a distance from Tyre, bu…
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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…
