Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 28:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7Behold, 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.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel introduces or commands “Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations” at Ezekiel 28:7 as “Tyre's Prince Is Judged for Claiming Divine Status” develops.
Read It With
- Ezekiel 28:1–10
Follow Ezekiel 28:1–10, not verse 28:7 alone. The prophetic word through Ezekiel introduces or commands “Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations” at Ezekiel 28:7 as “Tyre's Prince Is Judged for Claiming Divine Status” develops. The controlling limit is: The oracle addresses a human ruler and does not by itself identify Satan, a modern entrepreneur, or every wealthy person.
Why It Needs Context
Ezekiel 28:7 performs a local role inside “Tyre's Prince Is Judged for Claiming Divine Status.” The prophetic word through Ezekiel introduces or commands “Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations” at Ezekiel 28:7 as “Tyre's Prince Is Judged for Claiming Divine Status” develops. The selected verse alone does not carry the full claim.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Ezekiel 28:1–10 — Tyre's Prince Is Judged for Claiming Divine StatusSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 28:1–10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 28:1–10
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