Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 28:6
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
Hast set thine heart: see Eze 28:2.
As the heart of God, who doth, as justly he may, design himself, his own glory, in all he designeth and worketh, and take the glory to himself; thou hast done so too, designed thy own greatness, and gloried in it.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
6. Because, &c.resumptiveof Eze 28:2.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Therefore thus saith the Lord God,…. Now follows the punishment threatened, because of all this pride, haughtiness, and blasphemy:
because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; seeking thine own glory; setting up thyself above all others; assuming that to thyself which belongs to God; and making thyself equal to him, or showing thyself as if thou wast God; [See comments on Eze 28:2].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(6) Set thine heart as the heart of God.The same expression as in Eze. 28:2. (Comp. Oba. 1:3, The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee.) The meaning is plain: thou hast entertained thoughts and purposes fitting only to the Supreme.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Because you have set your heart as the heart of the gods, therefore behold I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations, and they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and they will mar your brightness. They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die the deaths of those who are slain in the heart of the seas.”
His whole attitude towards Yahweh and towards his own exalted status, and that of his city, was such that he had brought on himself his own punishment. He had set his heart to be one among the gods, so he and his people would be destroyed by men, by ‘strangers’, by the most terrible of the nations (Babylon – Eze 30:11; Eze 31:12; Eze 32:12). He had claimed to be perfect in beauty, a beauty revealed in wisdom, as one who shone before the world, so this beauty will be destroyed by the swords of men, and this brightness defiled by men, and he will go down into the grave where all men go. He will die as so many of his seamen have died before him, swallowed up by the sea, which in his case is represented by the enemy hosts. (Although many would no doubt be tossed into the harbour and literally be swallowed up by the sea). Such will be his ‘god-like’ end.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Eze 28:6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
Ver. 6. Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God. ] Thou thinkest thy wisdom to be divine, and thyself the only one. The Tyrians were famous for their great wisdom, Zec 9:2 and they are said to be the inventors of many arts; yet should they not have overly weaned themselves in this sort; which because they did, let them hear their doom.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 28:6-10
Eze 28:6-10
“Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God, therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas. Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am god? but thou art man, and not God, in the hand of him that woundeth thee. Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.”
THE PUNISHMENT ASSIGNED
Here we have the verdict awaiting Ithbaal the ruler of Tyre and his wicked city. He would die a shameful and disgraceful death, “the death of the uncircumcised.” “God here mocked his claim of being `a god,’ pointing out that he certainly would not claim any such thing in the hands of those who would slay him. “The strangers” referred to were the hosts of the armies of Nebuchadnezzar.
“Thou shalt die the death …” (Eze 28:8). The words here are literally “die the deaths,” as reflected in some of the older versions. “The plural was for emphasis, meaning “a death so painful as to be the equivalent of dying many times.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
Because: Eze 28:2, Exo 9:17, Job 9:4, Job 40:9-12, 1Co 10:22, 2Th 2:4, Jam 1:11
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 28:6, Set thine heart … as God. He had let his heart at least pretend to think he was equal with God, because of bis success in the accumulation of riches.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Almighty God announced that because the king had exalted himself in pride the Lord would bring ruthless strangers against him from among other nations. They would fight against his commercial empire, resist his wisdom, and mar the beauty of Tyre’s splendor. Nebuchadnezzar was one of the first of these strangers (cf. 26:7).