12Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
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Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-19)As after the prediction of the ruin of Tyre (Ezek. 26:1-21) followed a pathetic lamentation for it (Ezek. 27:1-36), so after the ruin of the king of Tyre is foretold it is bewailed. I. This is commonly understood of the prince who then reigned over Tyre, spoken to, Ezek. 28:2. His name was Ethbaal , or Ithobalus , as Diodorus Siculus calls him that was king of Tyre when Nebuchadnezzar destroyed it…
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