Yehezkiel 26:2

26:2 “Son of man, because Tyre ¹  has said about Jerusalem, ²  ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, ³  now that she ⁴  has been destroyed,’

Yehezkiel 26:7

26:7 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note that ⁵  I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar ⁶  of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people.

Yehezkiel 28:2

28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince ⁷  of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud ⁸  and you said, “I am a god; ⁹ 

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. ¹⁰ 

[26:2]  ¹ sn Tyre was located on the Mediterranean coast north of Israel.

[26:2]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[26:2]  ³ tn Heb “I will be filled.”

[26:2]  ⁴ sn That is, Jerusalem.

[26:7]  ⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something.

[26:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-usur has an an “r” rather than an “n.”

[28:2]  ⁷ tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

[28:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “lifted up.”

[28:2]  sn See Prov 16:5.

[28:2]  ⁹ tn Or “I am divine.”

[28:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”