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Ezekiel 28:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries. "
Ezekiel 28:4
Verse in Context
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2 “Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and no god, though you set your heart as the heart of a god—
3 behold, you are wiser than Daniel. There is no secret that is hidden from you.
4 By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries.
5 By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”
6 “‘therefore the Lord GOD says: “Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
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Ezekiel 28:1
"The LORD’s word came again to me, saying,"
Ezekiel 28:2
"“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and no god, though you set your heart as the heart of a god—"
Ezekiel 28:3
"behold, you are wiser than Daniel. There is no secret that is hidden from you."
Ezekiel 28:5
"By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”"
Ezekiel 28:6
"“‘therefore the Lord GOD says: “Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,"
Ezekiel 28:7
"therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom. They will defile your brightness."
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