Yehezkiel 27:3-4

Konteks
27:3 Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance¹ of the sea,² merchant to the peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘O Tyre, you have said, “I am perfectly beautiful.”

27:4 ³Your borders are in the heart of the seas;

your builders have perfected your beauty.

Yehezkiel 28:2

Konteks
28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince⁴ of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud⁵ and you said, “I am a god;⁶

I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas” –

yet you are a man and not a god,

though you think you are godlike.⁷

[27:3] ¹tn Heb “entrances.” The plural noun may reflect the fact that Tyre had two main harbors.

[27:3] ²sn Rome, another economic power, is described in a similar way in Rev 17:1.

[27:4] ³tn The city of Tyre is described in the following account as a merchant ship.

[28:2] ⁴tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

[28:2] ⁵tn Heb “lifted up.”

[28:2] ⁶tn Or “I am divine.”

[28:2] ⁷tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”