28:1,2
The prophecy against Tyre now gets more personal, with the words being against the king, though they can be applied more generally to the nation as well. The root of the sin is pride, as is true with Satan, and with the whole of humanity. The king said in his heart “I am a god”. “But you are a mere mortal and not a god”. Why did the king think he was a god? He was fooled by all the things he could do, forgetting where these abilities came from. Again, this is true of so much of humanity. God created us in His image, He gave us many powers and abilities. Yet we then forgot where they came from, thinking they were something innate about ourselves.
28:3-5
“Daniel” is probably not the Daniel of the Bible (also in Ezek 14). The Hebrew spelling here is “dnl” whereas the Hebrew for Daniel is “dnyl”. The king thought that his own “wisdom and understanding” had brought about his great wealth. His skill in trading and the wealth it brought had caused his heart to grow proud. God has given us many gifts. We should be grateful for this, and we should use them, but we should do so giving thanks to God, not puffing ourselves up.
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