Ezekiel 28:1
THE LORD. ' Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. ' Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:4. THE PRINCE OF TYRUS. The prince (Hebrew. _nagid)_ is to be distinguished as the type (verses: Ezekiel 28:1) from the king (_melek_) of Tyre, the antitype (verses: Ezekiel 28:11). See the Structure above. He is. mere man, as shown in Ezekiel 28:9, where note the... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asteismos_ (App-6), to attract our attention. WISER. In thine own eyes. DANIEL. Here an example of wisdom; as of righteousness in Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 14:20. Compare Daniel 1:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGERS. aliens, or foreigners: the Babylonians were noted for their barbarity. Compare Ezekiel 30:11; Ezekiel 31:12.Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 25:2). DEFILE. profane. BRIGHTNESS. splendour: occurs only here, and Ezekiel 28:17. See note on Genesis 3:1 and App-19.... [ Continue Reading ]
PIT. corruption. Hebrew. _shahath._ SLAIN. wounded.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4. THOU SHALT BE. thou [art]. GOD. Hebrew. _'El_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
DIE. UNCIRCUMCISED: i.e. come to the miserable end of the ungodly. Compare Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 32:19; Ezekiel 32:21; Ezekiel 32:25; Ezekiel 32:32. The word being used in its moral, not physical sense DEATHS. Plural. the great, or awful death. SAITH THE LORD GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF TYRUS. Here we have. supernatural being addressed: He of whom the "prince of Tyre" was only. type; He who was using that "prince" as one of his agents to secure the world. power. He is not. mere "man "as the prince of Tyre" (see Ezekiel 28:9). His description, (see the Structure; 12-17,... [ Continue Reading ]
HAST BEEN. wast. IN EDEN. Here is no evidence of. "legend", but. reality. Satan, the _Nachash_ or shining one, was there. See notes on Genesis 3:1, and App-19. Eve was smitten with his beauty as "an angel of light" (2 Corinthians 11:14); and deferred to him as one possessing this "wisdom", and belie... [ Continue Reading ]
ART. west, as in the other verses here. THE ANOINTED CHERUB THAT COVERETH. Cherub can be used only of. supernatural being, overshadowing and protecting "the world that then was" (2 Peter 3:6), or the "garden" of Ezekiel 28:13. AND. HAVE SET THEE SO, &c.: or, when. appointed thee. thou west. THE H... [ Continue Reading ]
PERFECT... CREATED. Referring to the period before Satan's fall. See App-19. INIQUITY. perversity. Hebrew. _aval,_ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCHANDISE. traffic, or going about, as in Ezekiel 28:18. Hence it meant calumniator (slanderer), in. moral sense. HAST SINNED. didst sin. sinned. Hebrew. _chata_ '. App-44. I WILL CAST, HE.. I cast thee as profane. Literally. profaned thee. THE MOUNTAIN OF GOD. This Hebrew expression (_har ha'el... [ Continue Reading ]
HAST CORRUPTED. didst corrupt. When this took place we are not told. It was before Genesis 3:11; Matthew 13:35. I WILL CAST THEE. I did cast thee. GROUND. earth, Hebrew. _eretz,_ (with Art.)... [ Continue Reading ]
HAST DEFILED. didst defile. SANCTUARIES. Some codices, with six early printed editions, Aram, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "sanctuary" (singular) MULTITUDE. abounding. INIQUITIES. Some codices, with three early printed editions, with Aramaean and Syriac, read "iniquity" (singular) Hebrew 'avah. App-... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. ZIDON. Was not threatened with extinction, as Tyre was. See note on Ezekiel 26:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL BE GLORIFIED, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 14:4; Exodus 14:17). App-92. THEY SHALL KNOW, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
GATHERED. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 30:3; Deuteronomy 30:4). See also Ezekiel 11:17; Ezekiel 20:41; Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 36:24; Ezekiel 37:21; Ezekiel 39:27; Leviticus 26:44; [ Continue Reading ]
A PRICKING BRIER. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 33:55). THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. See note on Exodus 16:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL DWELL. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 25:18; Leviticus 25:19; Deuteronomy 12:10; Deuteronomy 33:25). App-92. See also Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 38:8. Joe 23:6-8. Joe 33:16. Hosea 2:15.Zechariah 2:4;... [ Continue Reading ]