Ezekiel 28:6

Ezekiel 28:6 says, Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;  God gave them His sentence of judgment.  He said because they thought themselves to be like God, that He was going to send His judgment on them.  I believe there some people today who think of themselves as a god, but they will never be the true God. 

Verse seven adds, 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.  God said He was going to bring strangers who were a terrible nation to defeat them and destroy what they saw as the beauty of their wisdom and that it would lose its brightness.  One day, God is going to bring His judgment on all those who think that they are too wise and powerful to be defeated, and what they thought of as wisdom will lose its brightness in the pits of hell.  

Verse eight continues, 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.  As just stated, the people of Tyrus were going to be defeated and brought down to the pit just like those who had died in the sea when their boats sank.  They may have thought themselves to be safe on land, but there was nowhere that they would be safe from God’s judgment.  If lost people today see others die terrible deaths, they may think that it will never happen to them, but one day they will end up in the same place forever.   

Verse nine states, 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.  God asked the people of Tyrus when the slayer came, would they still think of themselves to be like God.  He answered by saying that they would realize that they were not God.  There are people today who think of themselves as being a god unto themselves, but one day they will find out that they are not God. 

Verse ten adds. Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.  God said that they would die just like the uncircumcised, or others who were not a part of His people.  We will all die either as someone saved by putting our faith in Jesus Christ or as every other lost person will, and our riches and worldly wisdom will not save us from everlasting punishment. 

Ezekiel 28:1

 Ezekiel 28:1 says, The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,  

Verse two adds, 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:  Ezekial was to warn the prince of Tyrus that he was not God even if he professed himself to be a god, even trying to take God’s throne.  There are nations today that profess that there is no God and demand that their citizens put their faith in the leaders of the nation as god or instead of God, but one day, they will fall.  Even if this doesn’t happen until Jesus Christ returns, it will happen.  

Verse three continues, Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:  God said that the prince of Tyrus thought of himself as being wiser than Daniel, who was noted for both his wisdom and his prudence.  No leader of a country today should be viewed as equal to or greater than Jesus Christ. 

Verse four states, With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: God’s message to the prince of Tyrus was that he was filled with self-pride thinking that he was responsible for all the riches that Tyrus had amassed and therefore should be worshipped as a god.  We should never worship anyone in the world as if they are a god, and we certainly shouldn’t even see them as equal to God.  

Verse five adds, By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:  God said that the people of Tyrus thought that their own wisdom and the traffic of goods through there were responsible for their riches, and they didn’t give God any credit for this.  They became full of self-pride instead.   Some people today if they become rich or powerful in the world may think that they are better than other people and never give God any credit for their success.  At times, it may be their own greed and mistreatment of others that brings riches to them, and God may not have anything to do with it, but like the people of Tyrus, one day all the riches they have will go away.  

Ezekiel 27:32

Ezekiel 27:32 says, And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?  God said that people would mourn for Tyrus and ask how this could have happened to such an important city.  They would say that there had been none like it.   No matter how big or important a nation may think itself to be, it is not too great to fall, especially if it professes itself to be a Christian nation but does nothing that is accordance with His word.  

Verse thirty-three adds, When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.  People would say that the city of Tyrus had helped many nations be enriched because of the trade they had done with them.  They were both enriched by the trade conducted with the city of Tyrus.  Nations today may both be enriched by trading with each other.  If one nation that had been known for its riches falls, those who have traded with them may question how this could happen.   

Verse thirty-four continues, In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.  God said that when Tyrus fell, that all its merchandise would be destroyed along with the city, even the ships at sea.  When God’s judgment comes, everything that a person or a nation may has amassed will be destroyed.  Unless we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we will not only lose everything that we have amassed in the world, but we will also be sent away to everlasting punishment.  If we have accepted Him, we will also lose everything that we have amassed in the world, but we will go to live with God forever in our heavenly home.  

Verse thirty-five states, All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.  God said that when Tyrus fell, that the kings around them would be astonished at what had happened to her and afraid because of it.  If a nation that was thought to be too powerful to fail falls into to ruin other nations or individuals who thought that this could never happen will be astonished and afraid, but there is no nation or person too great to fall if God sends His judgment on them.  

Verse thirty-six adds, The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.  God also said that other nations would hiss at Tyrus or look on them with contempt instead of compassion.  Many times, if a nation or person who was viewed as too great to fall does fall, people will feel contempt instead of compassion.

Ezekiel 27:26

Ezekiel 27:26 says, Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.  God said that the people of Tyrus had been brought out into the deep waters and that the wind would break them apart in the midst of the sea.  This was an analogy where Tyrus was compared to a ship, and her leaders had led them to sudden destruction.   Sin will lead us into deep waters where we are helpless to save ourselves, and if we don't repent and accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we will drown there.

Verse twenty-seven adds, Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.  God said that all that they had put their faith in was going to be destroyed.  When God’s judgment comes, everything that people have put their faith in other than Him will be destroyed, from riches to military might.  

Verse twenty-eight continues; The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.  Still comparing Tyrus to a ship that was being destroyed, God said that those in the surrounding areas would shake at the sounds of her cries.  Those who had been the leaders would cry out so loudly that everyone around them would shake in fear.  When God’s judgment comes one day, all those who have rejected His gift of salvation are going to shake in fear. 

Verse twenty-nine states, And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;  God said that all those who had sailed the ship would come down from their ships and stand on the land.  The people of Tyrus had depended on shipping to make them great, and when that failed, they would be brought down from their lofty position in the world, and so will everyone one day, no matter how powerful they make think themselves to be today, if they are putting their in anyone or anything other than Jesus Christ..

Verse thirty adds, And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:  God said that those who had been in power would now be in mourning.  A person may be the most powerful person in the world, but if they don't have Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord, one day they will go away to everlasting punishment which I would think would leave them mourning.   

Verse thirty-one continues, And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.   This continues to speak about how much the people who were in charge had fallen, but since God’s judgment had already come, it would do then no good.  I believe that those separated from God and His holy land of heaven will be mourning forever.