"Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I {am} God? but thou {shalt be} a man, and no God, in the hand of him th…" — Ezekiel 28:9

Ezekiel 28:9 · KJV

“Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I {am} God? but thou {shalt be} a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. {of him that slayeth: or, of him that woundeth}”

— Ezekiel 28:9

Verse 8

They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of {them that are} slain in the midst of the seas.

Verse 10

Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken {it}, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 28 — Context

Behold, therefore 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 deaths of {them that are} slain in the midst of the seas.

Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I {am} God? but thou {shalt be} a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. {of him that slayeth: or, of him that woundeth}

Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken {it}, saith the Lord GOD.

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Cross References

Ezekiel 28:2

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart {is} lifted up, and thou hast said, I {am} a God, I sit {in} the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou {art} a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: {midst: Heb. heart}

Psalms 82:7

But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

Isaiah 31:3

Now the Egyptians {are} men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

Daniel 5:23-30

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath {is}, and whose {are} all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

Daniel 4:31-32

While the word {was} in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, {saying}, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.

Acts 12:22-23

And the people gave a shout, {saying, It is} the voice of a god, and not of a man.