Ezechiel 28:6
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Because thy heart is lifted up as the heart of God:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Eo quod elevatum est cor tuum quasi cor dei,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριος Ἐπειδὴ δέδωκας τὴν καρδίαν σου ὡς καρδίαν θεοῦ,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- לָכֵ֕ן כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה יַ֛עַן תִּתְּךָ֥ אֶת לְבָבְךָ֖ כְּלֵ֥ב אֱלֹהִֽים
The Fathers on this verse
St Hippolytus Treatise on Christ and Antichrist
18. Ezekiel also speaks of him to the same effect, thus: “Thus saith the Lord God, Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the sea; yet art thou a man, and not God, (though) thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God. Art thou wiser than Daniel? Have the wise not instructed thee in their wisdom? With thy wisdom or with thine understanding hast thou gotten thee power, and gold and silver in thy treasures? By thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy power? Thy heart is lifted up in thy power. …