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Ezequiel 28:12
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Hijo del hombre, levanta endechas sobre el rey de Tiro, y dile: As� ha dicho el Se�or Jehov�: T� echas el sello � la proporci�n, lleno de sabidur�a, y acabado de hermosura.
Hijo de hombre, levanta endechas sobre el rey de Tiro, y dile: As� dice Jehov� el Se�or: T� eras el sello a la proporci�n, lleno de sabidur�a y perfecto en hermosura.
Hijo de hombre, levanta endechas sobre el rey de Tiro, y dile: As� dijo el Se�or DIOS: T� sellas la suma de la perfecci�n , lleno de sabidur�a, y acabado de hermosura.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
take up: Ezekiel 28:2, Ezekiel 19:1, Ezekiel 19:14, Ezekiel 26:17, Ezekiel 27:2, Ezekiel 27:32, Ezekiel 32:2, Ezekiel 32:16, 2 Chronicles 35:25, Isaiah 14:4, Jeremiah 9:17-20
Thou sealest: Ezekiel 28:2-5, Ezekiel 27:3, Ezekiel 27:4, Romans 15:28, 2 Corinthians 1:22
full: Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 10:13, Jeremiah 9:23, Luke 2:40, Acts 6:3, 1 Corinthians 1:19, 1 Corinthians 1:20, 1 Corinthians 3:19, Colossians 1:9, Colossians 2:3, James 3:13-18
Reciprocal: Psalms 139:8 - I ascend Isaiah 14:13 - I will ascend Isaiah 23:8 - the crowning Isaiah 47:7 - thou saidst Jeremiah 7:29 - and take Ezekiel 28:15 - perfect Ezekiel 32:19 - dost Daniel 9:24 - make an end of Amos 5:1 - I take Zechariah 9:2 - it be Matthew 11:23 - which art Luke 10:15 - which
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus,.... Who is before called the prince of Tyre; and who he was :-, the bishop of Rome was first only a "nagid", a prince, ruler, governor, and leader in the church; afterwards he became a king, a head, even over other kings, princes, and states; perhaps this may also point to his twofold power, secular and ecclesiastical, and so he is represented by two beasts, Revelation 13:1, here a lamentation or funeral ditty is ordered to be taken up and said for him, to denote his certain destruction and ruin; though some have thought the fall of the angels, and others the fall of Adam, is referred to; several passages are interpreted of Adam in the Talmud l:
and say unto him, thus saith the Lord God, thou sealest up the sum; or "pattern" m; of everything that is excellent; thou art in all things, consummately so, as that nothing could be added; that is, in his own esteem and account. Junius thinks it refers to the sealing of goods exported, for which a duty was to be paid, without doing which merchandise was not allowed. Antichrist would not suffer any to buy or sell but such as receive his mark or seal on their right hand, or in their forehead, Revelation 13:16. Cocceius renders it, "the sealer of the measure" n; and takes it to be an allusion to the custom of sealing measures, used in buying and selling; and that it respects the man of sin, who takes upon him the power of making rules and canons for faith and practice:
full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty; a most accomplished man for parts and person in his own conceit: antichrist assumes to himself a perfect knowledge of the Scriptures, and sets up himself as an infallible judge of controversies; and glories in the splendour and order of his church, and the government of it.
l T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 75. 1. m תבנית "exemplar, [sive] specimen", Tigurine version: Castalio. n "Signator mensurae", Cocceius, Starckius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The dirge of the prince of Tyre, answering to the dirge of the state. The passage is ironical; its main purpose is to depict all the glory, real or assumed, of “the prince of Tyrus,” in order to show how deplorable should be his ruin.
Ezekiel 28:12
To “seal the sum” is to make up the whole measure of perfection. Compare the Septuagint
Ezekiel 28:13
Thou hast been in Eden - “Thou” wast etc. The prince of Tyrus is ironically described as the first of creation; but at the same time the parallel is to be maintained in his fall from glory. Like Adam in the enjoyment of paradise, he shall be like Adam in his fall.
Every precious stone - All the stones here named are found in the High priest’s breastplate Exodus 28:17-20, but their order is different, and three stones named in Exodus (the third row) are wanting. The prophet may purposely have varied the description because the number twelve (that of the tribes of Israel) had nothing to do with the prince of Tyrus, and he wished to portray, not a high priest, but a king, having in view a figure which was to a Jew, especially to a priest, the very type of magnificence.
Tabrets - (or, drums) and “pipes” were a common expression for festivity and triumph.
Ezekiel 28:14
Thou art - Better,” Thou” wert. “the anointed cherub that covereth” In the temple the cherubim and all holy things were consecrated and anointed with oil (Exodus 30:26 ff). The prince of Tyre was also anointed as a sovereign priest - covering or protecting the minor states, like the cherubim with outstretched wings covering the mercy-Seat.
Thou wast upon the holy mountain - As the cherub was in the temple on the holy mountain, so the prince of Tyre was presiding over the island-city, rising like a mountain from the deep.
Stones of fire - i. e., bright and shining. Decked with bright jewels, the prince walked among jewels in gorgeous splendor.
Ezekiel 28:15
The “perfection” was false, unsuspected until the “iniquity” which lay beneath was found out.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 28:12. Thou sealest up — This has been translated, "Thou drawest thy own likeness." "Thou formest a portrait of thyself; and hast represented thyself the perfection of wisdom and beauty." I believe this to be the meaning of the place.
