Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Ezekiel
Book: Ezekiel
Chapter: 26
Overview:
A
Prophecy against
Tyre.
1-14 To be secretly pleased with the
Death or decay of others,
when we are likely to get
By it; or with their fall, when we may
thrive upon it, is a
Sin that easily besets us, yet is not
thought
So bad as really it is. But it comes from a selfish,
covetous principle, and from that
Love of the world as our
happiness, which the
Love of
God expressly forbids. He often
blasts the projects of those who would raise themselves
On the
ruin of others. The maxims most current in the trading world,
are directly opposed to the
Law of
God. But he will show himself
against the
Money-loving, selfish traders, whose hearts, like
those of
Tyre, are hardened
By the
Love of riches. Men have
little cause to
Glory in things which stir up the envy and
rapacity of others, and which are continually shifting from one
to another; and in getting, keeping, and spending which, men
provoke that
God whose wrath turns joyous cities into ruinous
heaps.
15-21 See how high, how great
Tyre had been. See how low
Tyre
is made. The fall of others should awaken us out of security.
Every discovery of the fulfilment of a
Scripture Prophecy, is
like a
Miracle to confirm our
Faith. All that is earthly is
vanity and vexation. Those who now have the most established
prosperity, will soon be out of sight and forgotten.