“The word of Yahweh
Came to me.
‘Son of man!
Say!
To the prince of Tyre!
Thus says Yahweh God!
‘Your heart
Is proud!
You have said.
‘I am a god!
I sit
In the seat
Of the gods
In the heart
Of the seas.’
Yet you are
But a mortal!
You are no god!
Even though
You compare
Your mind
With the mind
Of a god.”
A usual, the word of Yahweh came to Ezekiel, the son of man. He was to tell the prince of Tyre what Yahweh had said. This Tyre prince had a proud heart. He thought that he was a god. He claimed to sit among the gods in the heart of the sea. However, he was just a mere mortal human. He was no god, even though he compared his own mind to that of a god. Was this King Ittobaal II (760-740 BCE), but that would precede the time frame of Ezekiel by over a 100 years.
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