Filled the midst of thee. — The language passes very naturally here from the king himself to the state over which be presided, and with which he was identified, immediately recurring, however, to the king personally. He, as polluted, should be cast out of his imagined mountain of God: he, the cherub covering the mercy-seat, forsooth, shall be destroyed: his fancied God-like walking amid the stones of fire shall for ever cease.
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...
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...
Ezekiel 28:1. The prince of Tyrus, or, as he is also called, the king, was, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, Ithobalus, known in the Phoenician annals as Ithobaal II. He was the consummatio...
EZEKIEL 28. TYRE'S FALL FROM HEAVEN. In a remarkable passage, Ezekiel now conceives the pride of Tyre as incarnate in her king. The detail is often obscure and difficult, reminiscent of a mythological...
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 cas...
THOU ART THE ANOINTED CHERUB, &C.— Peters observes upon these verses, that the king of this proud city, who it seems affected divine honours, is compared to an anointed cherub, or one of the chiefs an...
B. The Lament over the Prince 28:11-19 TRANSLATION (11) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (12) Son of man, lift up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him: Thus says the Lord...
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee,...
28:16 covering (f-36) i.e. 'protecting,' see Exodus 25:20 ....
THE KING OF TYRE The overweening pride of the prince of Tyre, which has led him to claim to be a god, is rebuked, and his destruction by strangers is foretold (Ezekiel 28:1). He is compared to an inm...
I WILL DESTROY (RV 'have destroyed') THEE, O COVERING CHERUB] more probably, 'the covering cherub hath destroyed thee,' i.e. expelled thee. As it stands the passage describes the fall of a cherub, but...
EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD” GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 28 AGAINST THE RULER OF TYRE – EZEKIEL 28:1-10 V1 Th
בְּ רֹ֣ב רְכֻלָּתְךָ֗ מָל֧וּ תֹוכְךָ֛ חָמָ֖ס...
TYRE (CONTINUED): SIDON Ezekiel 27:1; Ezekiel 28:1 THE remaining oracles on Tyre (Chapter s 27, Ezekiel 28:1) are somewhat different both in subject and mode of treatment from the chapter we have jus...
The prophecy concerning Tyre ended with a message to its prince and a lamentation for its king. A distinction must be drawn between these two. Most evidently the prince was the then reigning king, Ith...
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the (i) mountain of God: and I will destroy the...
From this passage I should be inclined to think that Tyrus is a figure of human nature in general, rather than referring to any one nation in particular; for of what one kingdom upon earth can it be s...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 26, 27, AND 28. Although in a certain sense upon Israel's territory, Tyre has another character, and is the subject of a separate prophecy (chaps. 26-28), bec...
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 VIOL...
_By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee,...
By the multitude of thy merchandise, that is, on account of the fact that the commerce of Tyre gave the state great power among the nations, THEY HAVE FILLED THE MIDST OF THEE WITH VIOLENCE, the unrig...
LAMENTATION OVER THE KING OF TYRE...
1-19 Ethbaal, or Ithobal, was the prince or king of Tyre; and being lifted up with excessive pride, he claimed Divine honours. Pride is peculiarly the sin of our fallen nature. Nor can any wisdom, ex...
BY THE MULTITUDE; by, or in, or according to (as the Gallic version) the multitude or greatness of thy trading: in Tyre were merchants that traded in very great adventures, with vast stocks, and in mi...
Ezekiel 28:16 abundance H7230 trading H7404 filled H4390 (H8804) violence H2555 within H8432 sinned H2398 (H8799)
LAMENTATION FOR THE KING OF TYRE (EZEKIEL 28:11). This oracle is in the form of a lamentation for the King of Tyre, with his great, exaggerated claims and his certain destruction. There are no good gr...
“In the huge quantity of your trading they filled the midst of you with violence, and you have sinned.” The vast trading enterprises of Tyre could not be carried out without some violence, both in est...
CONTENTS: Rebuke of the King of Tyre, and the fate of Satan who inspired him. Zidon's judgment and Israel's re-gathering. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Daniel, King of Tyre, Satan. CONCLUSION: Those who...
Ezekiel 28:2. _Say unto the prince of Tyrus because thou hast said, I am_ אל El _God,_ or the strong and mighty One. It is plain from the names of the princes that they bore titles of deity. Ezekiel 2...
_Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God._ THE RELIGIOUS CLAIMS OF THE BRITISH COLONIES Let Britain recognise, not merely the eleme...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 28:11 These verses describe Tyre’s extravagant pretensions (compare vv. Ezekiel 28:4) leading to its utter devastation (vv....
PROPHETICAL DIRGE ON THE KING OF TYRE, AS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE SPIRIT OF CARNAL PRIDE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF THE WHOLE STATE. THE FALL OF ZIDON, THE MOTHER-CITY. THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL IN CONTRAS...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 28:1 From the city the prophet passes to its ruler, who concentrated in himself whatever was most arrogant and boastful in the temper of his people. He is described here as a" prin...
Now as we get into chapter 28, the attention now is directed against the king of Tyre. Chapter 26 against the city of Tyre, chapter 27 against the merchandising of Tyre, chapter 28 now is directed aga...
1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:9; 2 Peter 2:4; Amos 3:9; Ezekiel 27:12;...
GOD'S DESCRIPTION OF SATAN Ezekiel 28:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We read in the Epistle of Peter that Satan goeth about seeking whom he may devour. He is, indeed, the great enemy who hounded Christ ever...
I will cast — Out thy kingly dignity....