God told Ezekiel to condemn the people of Ammon. They would be destroyed because they celebrated when the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed and they would know God had done it. The other nations, Moab, Edom and Philistia would also be punished and know that God had done it.
Eleven years after king Jehoiachin's imprisonment, the Lord spoke to Ezekiel about the nation of Tyre. They had celebrated when Jerusalem fell and they would be wiped from the face of the earth. Then they would know that God is the Lord. (A footnote in my bible says, "Yet Jeremiah (27:2-7;47:4) and Ezekiel (26:3-21;28:6-10) foretold utter destruction for Tyre, naming not less than twenty-five separate details, each of which in the following centuries came true literally.")
Next, God gave Ezekiel a lament to take up for Tyre. In the lament God describes the beauty of Tyre. All the best the world had to offer went into building the city. A seaport, Tyre was a great mercantile exchange for much of the world at the time. Many commodities were bought and sold such as: silver, iron, tin, lead, slaves, bronze articles, work horses, war horses, mules, ivory tusks, ebony, turquoise, purple fabric, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, rubies, honey, oil, balm, wine, wool, cassia, calamus, blankets, livestock, spices, precious stones and gold, to name a few.
The Lord had a message for Ezekiel to give to the king of Tyre. Since God knows what everyone is thinking, He knew that the king of Tyre had decided he was a god. Ezekiel was to remind him that he was not a god, nor was he as wise as a god. God was going to bring foreigners to attack him and pierce his shining splendor. He would be brought down and die a violent death at sea. And he would know that he was a man, not a god.
Tomorrow read Ezekiel 28:11-31:18
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