Ezekiel 28:6-7 (ESV Strong's)
therefore thus says the Lord God:
Because you make your heart
like the heart of a god,
therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom
and defile your splendor.
Tag: God Knows Our Hearts
The above couple of verses are written about the Prince of Tyre. Historians would say we have no knowledge of him ever declaring himself a god. They might declare that this prophecy is unfounded because of the absence of such claims.
(UBC OT) There is no evidence that this was literally true: unlike the pharaohs of Egypt or, in the days of the early church, some emperors of Rome, the rulers of Tyre did not claim divinity
However, Nebuchadnezzar did claim that he was a god:
Daniel 4:28-33 (ESV Strong's)
All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, and the king answered and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?” While the words were still in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you, and you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.” Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles' feathers, and his nails were like birds' claws.
God is not looking at the verbal claims of the Prince of Tyre. God is looking into his heart. In his heart, God can see pride and arrogance. God knows our hearts. He knows the pride we have. God hates the proud:
Proverbs 8:13 (ESV Strong's)
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and perverted speech I hate.
We can hide our pride from men. But, we cannot hide our pride from God. God sees the heart.
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