Ezekiel 28:17

Easy To Read Version

Your beauty made you proud.\par Your glory ruined your wisdom.\par So I threw you down to the ground.\par And now other kings stare at you.\par

Cross References

Psalm 147:6

The Lord supports humble people.\par But he embarrasses bad people.\par

Psalm 73:18

God, you really have put those people\par in a dangerous situation.\par It is so easy for them to fall and be destroyed.\par

Proverbs 11:2

People that are proud and boast will become unimportant. But people who are humble will also become wise.

Proverbs 16:18

If a person is proud, then he is in danger of destruction. If a person thinks he is better than other people, then he is in danger of defeat.

Isaiah 25:12

The Lord will destroy the people’s\par high walls and safe places.\par The Lord will throw them down\par into the dust on the ground.\par

Isaiah 26:5

But the Lord will destroy the proud city.\par And he will punish the people living there.\par The Lord will throw that high city down to the ground.\par It will fall into the dust.\par

Jeremiah 8:9

Those ‘wise people’ refused to listen\par to the Lord’s teachings.\par So they are not really wise people at all.\par Those ‘wise people’ were trapped.\par They became shocked and ashamed.\par

Ezekiel 16:41

They will burn your house (temple). They will punish you so all the other women can see. I will stop you from living like a prostitute. I will stop you from paying money to your lovers.

Ezekiel 19:12

But the vine was pulled up by the roots,\par and thrown down to the ground.\par The hot east wind blew and dried its fruit.\par The strong branches broke.\par And they were thrown into the fire.\par

Ezekiel 23:48

In this way, I remove that shame from this country. And all the other women will be warned not to do the shameful things you have done.

Ezekiel 26:16

Then all the leaders of the countries by the sea will step down from their thrones \{and show their sadness\}. They will take off their special robes. They will take off their beautiful clothes. Then they will put on their ‘clothes of shaking’ (fear). They will sit on the ground and shake with fear. They will be shocked at how quickly you were destroyed.

Ezekiel 27:3

Say these things about Tyre:

Ezekiel 27:4

The Mediterranean Sea is the border\par around your city.\par Your builders made you perfectly beautiful,\par \{like the ships that sail from you.\}\par

Ezekiel 28:15

You were good and honest\par when I created you.\par But then you became evil.\par

Ezekiel 28:2

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [233]} say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘The Lord my Master says these things:

Ezekiel 28:5

Through your great wisdom and trade,\par you have made your riches grow.\par And now you are proud because of\par those riches.\par

Ezekiel 28:7

I will bring strangers to fight against you.\par They are most terrible among the nations!\par They will pull out their swords\par and use them against the beautiful things\par that your wisdom brought you.\par They will ruin your glory.\par

Ezekiel 31:10

So the Lord my Master says these things: “That tree grew tall. Its top reached up to the clouds. It grew so big that it became proud!

Ezekiel 32:10

I will make many people shocked about you. Their kings will be terribly afraid about you, when I swing my sword before them. The kings will shake with fear every moment on the day you fall. Each king will be afraid for his own life.”

Daniel 11:12

The northern army will be defeated, and those soldiers will be carried away. The southern king will be very proud, and he will kill thousands of soldiers from the northern army. But he will not continue to be successful.

Luke 14:11

Every person that makes himself important will be made humble. But the person that makes himself humble will be made important.”

James 4:6

But the grace (kindness) that God gives is greater. Like the Scripture says, “God is against proud people, but he gives grace (kindness) to people who are humble.” {\cf2\super [22]}