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I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You will die like an outcast at the hands of foreigners. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken <i>it</i>, saith the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of aliens; For I have spoken,” says the Lord GOD.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord GOD!”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!&#8217 declares the Lord GOD!"&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord GOD!”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!’ declares Lord Yahweh!”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘You will die the death of the uncircumcised [barbarian] By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!’ says the Lord GOD.”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of strangers. For I have spoken. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of strangers. For I have spoken. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Foreigners will kill you, and you will die the death of those who don't worship me. I, the LORD, have spoken. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You will die at the hands of foreigners like a godless person. I have spoken,' " declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You will die like a dog at the hand of godless foreigners. I, the Sovereign LORD, have given the command." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You will die a death fit for the uncircumcised at the hand of foreigners." 'for I have said it will be so,' declares the LORD."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares the sovereign LORD.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it," says the Lord GOD.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers; for I have spoken it,” says the Lord Yahweh.’” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You die the deaths of the uncircumcised, "" By the hand of strangers, for I have spoken,” "" A declaration of Lord YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The deaths of the uncircumcised thou diest, By the hand of strangers, for I have spoken, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I spake, says the Lord Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hand of foreigners. For I have spoken, says the Lord God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall die the death of the uncircumcised handed over to strangers, for I have spoken—oracle of the Lord GOD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, says the Lord GOD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You shall die by the hand of uncircumcised strangers; for I have spoken it, says the LORD God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />By the hand of uncircumcised foreigners you shall die, because I have spoken, says THE LORD OF LORDS<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers; For I have spoken, saith the Lord GOD.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt perish by the hands of strangers among the multitude of the uncircumcised: for I have spoken it, saith he Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=8087" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/28.htm">Prophecy Against the King of Tyre</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: tā·mūṯ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">You will die</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: mō·w·ṯê (N-mpc) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">the death</a> <a href="/hebrew/6189.htm" title="6189: ‘ă·rê·lîm (Adj-mp) -- Having foreskin (uncircumcised). Rom arel; properly, exposed, i.e. Projecting loose; used only technically, uncircumcised.">of the uncircumcised</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yaḏ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">at the hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/2114.htm" title="2114: zā·rîm (Adj-mp) -- A primitive root; to turn aside; hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically to commit adultery.">of foreigners.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: ḏib·bar·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">have spoken,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-19.htm">Isaiah 14:19-20</a></span><br />But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot. / You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-33.htm">Jeremiah 25:33</a></span><br />Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/17-51.htm">1 Samuel 17:51</a></span><br />David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/1-10.htm">2 Samuel 1:10</a></span><br />So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-24.htm">2 Kings 9:24</a></span><br />Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-22.htm">Jeremiah 9:22</a></span><br />Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Jeremiah 16:4</a></span><br />“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/22-19.htm">Jeremiah 22:19</a></span><br />He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-9.htm">Lamentations 4:9</a></span><br />Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a></span><br />Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/7-17.htm">Amos 7:17</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-21.htm">Revelation 19:21</a></span><br />And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-28.htm">Matthew 24:28</a></span><br />Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-37.htm">Luke 17:37</a></span><br />“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/12-23.htm">Acts 12:23</a></span><br />Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You shall die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, said the Lord GOD.</p><p class="hdg">the deaths</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/31-18.htm">Ezekiel 31:18</a></b></br> To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with <i>them that be</i> slain by the sword. This <i>is</i> Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/32-19.htm">Ezekiel 32:19,21,24-30</a></b></br> Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/44-7.htm">Ezekiel 44:7,9</a></b></br> In that ye have brought <i>into my sanctuary</i> strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, <i>even</i> my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations… </p><p class="hdg">by the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/28-7.htm">Ezekiel 28:7</a></b></br> Behold, 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/11-9.htm">Ezekiel 11:9</a></b></br> And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm">Jeremiah 25:9</a></b></br> Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/26-21.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-25.htm">Circumcision</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-8.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-8.htm">Deaths</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-21.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-8.htm">Die</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-8.htm">Diest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-7.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-9.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-9.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-28.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-6.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-7.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-7.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-26.htm">Uncircumcised</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/29-20.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-19.htm">Circumcision</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-5.htm">Death</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">Deaths</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-20.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-8.htm">Die</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-14.htm">Diest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-12.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-7.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-12.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-12.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-12.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-18.htm">Uncircumcised</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 28</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-1.htm">God's judgment upon the prince of Tyrus for his sacrilegious pride</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-11.htm">A lamentation of his great glory corrupted by Sidon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-20.htm">The judgment of Zion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/28-24.htm">The restoration of Israel</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The uncircumcised were often viewed as outsiders or enemies of God, such as the Philistines (<a href="/1_samuel/17-26.htm">1 Samuel 17:26</a>). This prophecy against the ruler of Tyre suggests that he will die like those who are not part of God's covenant community, emphasizing his separation from God's favor and protection.<p><b>at the hands of foreigners</b><br>The mention of "foreigners" highlights the historical context of Tyre's interactions with surrounding nations. Tyre was a powerful and wealthy city-state, often involved in trade and political alliances. However, it was also subject to invasions and sieges, notably by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and later by Alexander the Great. The prophecy indicates that the ruler's downfall will come through external forces, fulfilling God's judgment through foreign nations, a common theme in the prophetic literature (<a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-6</a>).<p><b>For I have spoken</b><br>This phrase underscores the authority and certainty of God's word. When God declares something, it is assured to come to pass, reflecting His sovereignty and power. This echoes other scriptural affirmations of God's unchangeable word (<a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a>, <a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Numbers 23:19</a>). The prophetic declaration serves as a reminder of God's control over history and His ability to bring about His purposes.<p><b>declares the Lord GOD.</b><br>The use of "Lord GOD" (Yahweh Elohim) emphasizes both the covenantal and sovereign aspects of God's character. Yahweh is the personal name of God, associated with His covenant relationship with Israel, while Elohim denotes His power and majesty as the Creator. This dual title reinforces the message that the prophecy is not merely a human prediction but a divine decree, carrying the full weight of God's authority and ensuring its fulfillment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the exiles in Babylon. He conveyed God's messages of judgment and restoration.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/prince_of_tyre.htm">Prince of Tyre</a></b><br>The primary subject of <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/28.htm">Ezekiel 28</a>, representing the prideful and self-deified ruler of Tyre, a wealthy and influential city-state.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tyre.htm">Tyre</a></b><br>An ancient Phoenician city known for its commerce and wealth. It was located on the Mediterranean coast and was a significant maritime power.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/strangers.htm">Strangers</a></b><br>Refers to foreign nations or peoples who would execute God's judgment on Tyre, symbolizing divine retribution through human agents.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a></b><br>The sovereign and covenant-keeping God of Israel, who declares judgment against the pride and idolatry of Tyre.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/p/pride_leads_to_downfall.htm">Pride Leads to Downfall</a></b><br>The Prince of Tyre's pride and self-deification led to his downfall. We must guard against pride and remember that all we have is from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>God uses nations and events to accomplish His purposes. We should trust in His sovereignty, even when facing difficult circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_circumcision.htm">Spiritual Circumcision</a></b><br>The reference to dying "the death of the uncircumcised" highlights the importance of spiritual circumcision—having a heart devoted to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_word.htm">The Certainty of God's Word</a></b><br>The phrase "For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD" underscores the reliability and authority of God's Word. We should live in obedience to His commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Ezekiel's role as a prophet reminds us of the importance of listening to God's messengers and heeding their warnings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 28</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_36_align_with_other_prophecies.htm">How do claims in Ezekiel 36 about Israel's future prosperity reconcile with other biblical passages that predict ongoing hardship for the same people?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_28_8-10_with_history.htm">How do we reconcile Ezekiel 28:8-10 depicting a gruesome downfall of Tyre's king with external historical accounts that fail to confirm such a specific fate?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_hosea_10_15_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">Hosea 10:15: How does the severe punishment described reconcile with portrayals of a merciful God elsewhere in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_ezekiel_44_9_and_other_passages_align.htm">In Ezekiel 44:9, foreigners are barred from the sanctuary, yet other passages invite them to worship--how can these conflicting views on outsiders be reconciled?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">The uncircumcised.</span>--To the Jew this term conveyed all, and more than all, the opprobrium which the Greeks and Romans attached to <span class= "ital">barbarians</span>. (Comp. <a href="/ezekiel/31-18.htm" title="To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shall you be brought down with the trees of Eden to the nether parts of the earth: you shall lie in the middle of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, said the Lord GOD.">Ezekiel 31:18</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/32-19.htm" title="Whom do you pass in beauty? go down, and be you laid with the uncircumcised.">Ezekiel 32:19</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/32-21.htm" title="The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the middle of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.">Ezekiel 32:21</a>; <a href="/context/ezekiel/32-24.htm" title="There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.">Ezekiel 32:24-28</a>, &c.) It is equivalent to saying "the profane and impious."<p><a href="/context/ezekiel/28-11.htm" title="Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,">Ezekiel 28:11-19</a> contain the doom upon the prince of Tyre. He is represented as like the first man, perfect, and placed in Eden, until, upon his fall (<a href="/context/ezekiel/28-15.htm" title="You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, till iniquity was found in you.">Ezekiel 28:15-16</a>), he is ignominiously driven forth. The passage is strongly ironical. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - The climax comes in the strongest language of Hebrew scorn. As the uncircumcised were to the Israelite (<a href="/1_samuel/17-36.htm">1 Samuel 17:36</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/31-4.htm">1 Samuel 31:4</a>), so should the King of Tyro, unhonored, unwept, with no outward marks of reverence, be among the great cues of the past who dwell in Hades. Ezekiel returns to the phrase in <a href="/ezekiel/31-18.htm">Ezekiel 31:18</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/32-24.htm">Ezekiel 32:24</a>. The words receive a special force from the fact that the Phoenicians practiced circumcision before their intercourse with the Greeks (Herod., 2:104). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You will die</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּמ֖וּת</span> <span class="translit">(tā·mūṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the death</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹתֵ֧י</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·ṯê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the uncircumcised</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲרֵלִ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·rê·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6189.htm">Strong's 6189: </a> </span><span class="str2">Having foreskin (uncircumcised)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the hands</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיַד־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yaḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of foreigners.</span><br /><span class="heb">זָרִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(zā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2114.htm">Strong's 2114: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֚י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have spoken,</span><br /><span class="heb">דִבַּ֔רְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(ḏib·bar·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">declares</span><br /><span class="heb">נְאֻ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(nə·’um)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> </span><span class="str2">An oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD.’”</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוִֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Ezekiel 28:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Ezekiel 28:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Ezekiel 28:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Ezekiel 28:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Ezekiel 28:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Ezekiel 28:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Ezekiel 28:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Ezekiel 28:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Ezekiel 28:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Ezekiel 28:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/28-10.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 28:10 You shall die the death (Ezek. 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