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).
As the prophet himself says, you are but a mortal, and no god (28:2)-and not a fallen angel either! â¢ Priestly character of the book. Ezekiel is the prophet most concerned with ritual and the temple. Yet Ezekiel's version of the law, ritual, and temple is often different from that of the Pentateuch.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).