Yechezkel: Perek 28

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Bullet Point Summary

Yechezkel Perek 28

  • This perek opens with a lament for the city of Tyre.

  • This prophecy is specifically about Chiram, the king of Tyre, who helped Shlomo Hamelech build the Beis Hamikdash.

  • The navi relates how great and exalted the king of Tyre was before he became full of arrogance and started to believe that he was God.

  • The residents of Tyre will die a horrible death.

  • Yechezkel received a prophecy which related the destruction of the city of Sidon.

  • In the times of Mashiach God will bring His scattered nation to Eretz Yisrael.

  • Note: many of these prophecies regarding the ingathering of the exiles have already begun to be fulfilled in our life time.

  • “When the nation returns they will build houses, plant vineyards and settle the land!

  • “They will dwell securely in their land.”

  • God will exact judgment from the nations of the world and they will know that He is God.