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Ezequiel 28:16
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A causa de la multitud de tu contrataci�n fuiste lleno de iniquidad, y pecaste: por lo que yo te ech� del monte de Dios, y te arroj� de entre las piedras del fuego, oh querub�n cubridor.
A causa de la multitud de tus contrataciones te llenaste de violencia, y pecaste; por lo cual yo te echar� por profano del monte de Dios, y te destruir�, oh querub�n protector, de entre las piedras del fuego.
A causa de la multitud de tu contrataci�n fuiste lleno de iniquidad, y pecaste; y yo te ech� del Monte de Dios, y te ech� a mal de entre las piedras del fuego, oh querub�n cubierto.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the multitude: Ezekiel 27:12-36, Isaiah 23:17, Isaiah 23:18, Hosea 12:7, Luke 19:45, Luke 19:46, John 2:16, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10
filled: Ezekiel 8:17, Genesis 6:11, Amos 3:9, Micah 2:2, Micah 6:12, Habakkuk 2:8, Habakkuk 2:17, Zephaniah 1:9
therefore: Genesis 3:24, Leviticus 18:24-28, Isaiah 22:19, Isaiah 23:9, Micah 2:10, 2 Peter 2:4-6, Revelation 12:9
O covering: Ezekiel 28:14
Reciprocal: Isaiah 47:6 - I have polluted Ezekiel 27:33 - with the Ezekiel 28:18 - defiled Zechariah 9:4 - the Lord Revelation 21:11 - her
Gill's Notes on the Bible
By the multitude of thy merchandise,.... With the several nations of the earth, who came to the markets and fairs of Tyre, and to whom she sent her goods:
they have filled the midst of thee with violence; or, as the Targum,
"thy treasures are filled with rapine;''
with ill gotten goods, as the pope's coffers are through his merchandise of the souls of men, and the great trade that is driven in pardons and indulgences:
and thou hast sinned; by this unjust and ungodly way of dealing:
therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God; Mount Zion, the church of the living God, where he dwells, and is worshipped, and on which the Lamb stands with his hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name and his Father's on their foreheads,
Revelation 14:1, these will have no communion with the church and pope of Rome; will not receive his mark, nor worship his image; from this mountain, and the inhabitants of it, he stands excluded as a profane person, with whom they will have nothing to do; and hence he persecutes them to the utmost of his power:
and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire; from among the people of God, who have the clear light of the Gospel, and a sincere love for Christ; these withdrew themselves from his jurisdiction and government; and with whom his name, power, and authority perish, especially when they shall have got the victory over him, Revelation 15:1. Kimchi paraphrases it,
"from the midst of the saints who are the Israelites, comparable to stones of fire;''
and Jarchi's note is,
"that thou mayest not take a portion with the righteous;''
have no part, lot, or fellowship with them. The Targum is,
"I will destroy thee, O king that art anointed, because thou thoughtest to rule over the holy people.''
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 28:16. I will cast thee as profane — Thou shalt be cast down from thine eminence.
From the midst of the stones of fire. — Some, supposing that stones of fire means the stars, have thought that the whole refers to the fall of Satan.
