Examples of adroit in a Sentence. Rumor has always played a role in politics, but rarely have the backstage operatives been so adroit, and so cynical, in their use of vitriol. âWalter Shapiro, Time, 10 July 1989.
In no sense could an earthly king claim to be âin Edenâ or to be âthe anointed cherub who coversâ or to be âon the holy mountain of God.â Therefore, most Bible interpreters believe that Ezekiel 28:11â19 is a dual prophecy, comparing the pride of the king of Tyre to the pride of Satan.he city of Tyre was the recipient of some of the strongest prophetic condemnations in the Bible (Isaiah 23:1â18; Jeremiah 25:22; 27:1â11; Ezekiel 26:1â 28:19; Joel 3:4â8; Amos 1:9, 10).
Ezekiel's prophecies against Jerusalem and some other nations take place in this context. In the end, Jerusalem falls completely to Babylonian forces. Some of the other prophecies against the nations and the visions or prophecies of future restoration of the land and the temple date from after the fall of Jerusalem.rophecies against Jerusalem, Judah, and the Temple (Ezekiel 4-24). Prophetic words and symbolic acts foretell the doom of Jerusalem and its coming fall (the second siege by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C.E.). The glory of the Lord leaves the temple (10:18-19, 11:22-25).