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Ezekiel 28:5
By your great skill in trading
from A Prophecy against the Ruler of Tyre, Ezekiel 28:1-10
What it says

By great skill in trade he has multiplied riches, and his heart is lifted up because of them.

What it is doing

This verse shows prosperity maturing into arrogance.

In context

1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: 3Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; 4By your wisdom and understanding 5By your great skill in trading 6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 7behold, I will bring foreigners against you, 8They will bring you down to the Pit, 9Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ 10You will die the death of the uncircumcised