Ezekiel 28:11

Study note

Setting — Ezekiel 28:11 — God speaks to Ezekiel, resuming his prophetic role immediately after declaring the king of Tyre’s impending death and just before introducing a formal lament.

The words — דְבַר יְהוָה (de.var Yah.weh) = word of Yahweh; לֵ/אמֹר (le./Mor) = to saying.

The thread — The text functions as a prophetic transition formula, marking the shift from a judgment declaration to a new oracle within the same chapter.

Why it lands — It demands recognition that the following speech carries divine authority, requiring the reader to treat the subsequent words as direct command rather than human opinion.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.