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The repetition of the revelation formula, \u201cThe word of the Lord came to me,\u201d divides our chapter neatly in three: 1-10, 11-19, and 20-26. The first two parts pertain to the impending destruction of Tyre. The first is a direct condemnation of the leader (<\/span>nagid<\/span><\/em>) of Tyre, who is described as arrogant and hubristic\u2014the same epithet, \u201cyou deemed your mind equal to a god\u2019s,\u201d appearing in both v. 2 and v.6. The second is directed at the king (<\/span>melekh<\/span><\/em>) of Tyre and comprises his past glory (12-15) followed by his disastrous punishment (16-19). The third part instructs the prophet to prophesy to Sidon, a sister-city to Tyre.<\/span><\/p>\n

As similar as the first two parts are structurally, there are substantive differences between them. The first regards their respective subjects. Moshe Greenberg, on the one hand, stated that \u201cThe term <\/span>nagid<\/span><\/em> is used here as a synonym of <\/span>melek<\/span><\/em> \u2018king\u2019 in the following oracle, 28:12, as it is in Psalms 76:13 (<\/span>ngydym<\/span><\/em>\/\/<\/span>mlky \u2018rs<\/span><\/em>)\u201d (Anchor Bible, <\/span>Ezekiel<\/span><\/i>, 572). Malbim, on the other hand, argued that:<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a difference between a <\/span>nagid<\/span><\/em> and a <\/span>melekh<\/span>. <\/span>Nagid<\/span><\/em> includes anyone appointed as a leader, such as \u201cleader of the House of God\u201d and \u201cleader of the treasury.\u201d David was designated a <\/span>nagid<\/span><\/em> prior to being vouchsafed a hereditary monarchy (2 Samuel 6:21 and 7:8), as were Saul (1 Samuel 9:16, 10:1) and Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:7) called <\/span>nagid<\/span><\/em> for this reason. This clarifies that the <\/span>nagid<\/span><\/em> of Tyre is not the king mentioned in v.12.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another distinction between the first two parts is literary: the first is literal, while the second is figurative, reminiscent of the difference between Chapter 26, which was literal, and Chapter 27, which was figurative. In both, characters fall from grace, \u201cfrom prideful height to abased lowliness, from sanctity to profanation\u201d (Greenberg, 576).<\/span><\/p>\n

Regarding part three, we encountered Sidon in Jeremiah 27:3\u2014along with Edom, Moab, Ammon, and Tyre\u2014as part of a coalition of small independent monarchies organized against the Babylonian threat by Zedekiah King of Judah. From Babylonian sources, we learn that Sidon fell to Nebuchadnezzar, but it is unclear whether it ever suffered the catastrophic fate foretold here by Ezekiel (see 29:17-21.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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