Yehezkiel 28:12

Konteks
28:12 “Son of man, sing¹ a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘You were the sealer² of perfection,

full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

Yehezkiel 28:17

Konteks

28:17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor.

I threw you down to the ground;

I placed you before kings, that they might see you.

Konteks
43:9 Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.

[28:12] ¹tn Heb “lift up.”

[28:12] ²tn For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81.