Today, I am reading and commenting on  Ezekiel 27-28.

Ezekiel begins his prophecy against Tyre by describing its wealth and the power it gained by trading with all parts of the world.  He goes into detail about how so many nations provided goods and services to Tyre in exchange for the goods and services Tyre obtained elsewhere.  Then Ezekiel tells how people all over the world will mourn the downfall of Tyre because of the trade they will lose when it falls.  Only after all of that does Ezekiel explain why Tyre would fall.  He tells us that Tyre would be brought down because of the pride of her rulers.  The rulers of Tyre gained wealth because of their skill, but once they had accumulated wealth they began to believe that they were untouchable, that they were gods.  So it goes with all nations which rise to great wealth and/or power, in time the rulers believe that they are entitled to their wealth and power and that no one can take it from them.  They begin to treat those who are dependent upon them, and upon whom their wealth and power depends, as objects to used and disposed of for their own pleasure.  They stop entering into honest trade agreements, thinking that their trade partners have no options.  Eventually, they sow the seeds of their own destruction.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.