Thou hast defiled thy (k) sanctuaries by the multitude of thy iniquities, by the iniquity of thy merchandise; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
(k) That is, the honour to which I called them.
Verse Ezekiel 28:18. _THOU HAST DEFILED THY SANCTUARIES_] Irony continued. As God, as the angels, as the cherubim, thou must have had thy sanctuaries; but thou hast defiled them: and as Adam, thou has...
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...
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 t...
THEREFORE WILL I BRING FORTH A FIRE, &C.— This was verified by Alexander the Great, who besieged, took, and set the city on fire. See Bishop Newton's Prophesies, vol. 1:...
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...
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will b...
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...
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
DEFILED THY SANCTUARIES. — These are not to be understood so much of the actual temples of Tyre as of the ideal “holy mountain of God,” in which the prophet has represented the prince of Tyre as “a co...
מֵ רֹ֣ב עֲוֹנֶ֗יךָ בְּ עֶ֨וֶל֙ רְכֻלָּ֣תְךָ֔...
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...
_Sanctuaries, or temples, which was a crime (Calmet) in an idolater, as he took them to be the temples of a real deity. (Haydock)_...
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...
THOU HAST DEFILED THY SANCTUARIES BY THE MULTITUDE OF THINE INIQUITIES,.... Or, "thy palaces", as Kimchi; the palace of the king, and the palaces of the nobles, where much iniquity was committed, and...
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will br...
_Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries_ Thy throne, palace, judgment-seats. The word מקדשׁ, generally rendered _sanctuary_, sometimes signifies a _palace_, in which sense it probably ought to be taken Amo...
LAMENTATION OVER THE KING OF TYRE...
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries, the special holy privileges which are given by the Lord to governments, BY THE MULTITUDE OF THINE INIQUITIES, by the iniquity, the deep corruptness, OF THY TRAFFIC;...
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...
Thou who shouldst have kept all pure in religion, as thou art king, pretending to Divinity, has polluted it. THY SANCTUARIES: still there is, as all along from the 14th verse I think there hath been,...
Ezekiel 28:18 defiled H2490 (H8765) sanctuaries H4720 multitude H7230 iniquities H5771 iniquity H5766 trading H7404 brought...
“By the great quantity of your iniquities, In the wrong behaviour resulting from your trade, You have profaned your sanctuaries, So I have brought forth a fire from the midst of you, It has consum...
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...
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...
_By the iniquity of thy traffic._ CORRUPTION IN COMMERCE The tendency is to measure all things by a money standard. The business that cannot be ruled by Christianity is wrong. What this does for a la...
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...
2 Peter 2:6; Amos 1:10; Amos 1:14; Amos 1:9; Amos 2:2;...
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 bring thee — Thou shalt be burnt to ashes, and trampled under feet....