Ezekiel:26

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* Verse 1-14 - To be secretly pleased with the death or decay of others , when we are likely to get by it ; or with their fall , when we may thrive upon it , is a sin that easily besets us , yet is not thought so bad as really it is . But it comes from a selfish , covetous principle , and from that love of the world as our happiness , which the love of God expressly forbids . He often blasts the projects of those who would raise themselves on the ruin of others . The maxims most current in the trading world , are directly opposed to the law of God . But he will show himself against the money-loving , selfish traders , whose hearts , like those of Tyre , are hardened by the love of riches . Men have little cause to glory in things which stir up the envy and rapacity of others , and which are continually shifting from one to another ; and in getting , keeping , and spending which , men provoke that God whose wrath turns joyous cities into ruinous heaps . * Verse 15-21 - See how high , how great Tyre had been . See how low Tyre is made . The fall of others should awaken us out of security . Every discovery of the fulfilment of a Scripture prophecy , is like a miracle to confirm our faith . All that is earthly is vanity and vexation . Those who now have the most established prosperity , will soon be out of sight and forgotten . **** Matthew Henry 's Commentary ****

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