Ezekiel 28:1-10 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,… This feeling of superhuman elevation in the King of Tyre was fostered by the fact that the island on which Tyre stood was called "the holy island," being sacred to Hercules; so much so that the colonies looked up to Tyre, as the mother city of their religion as well as of their political existence. (A. R. Fausset.) Parallel Verses KJV: The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, |