Ezekiel 28:16

By the abundance of thy traffic, they filled thy midst with violence And thou didst sin,- So I cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God. And destroyed thee O covering cherub, from amid the stones of fire:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

In Context

15Complete, wast thou in thy ways, from the day thou wast created,- Until perversity was found in thee.

17Lofty, was thy heart in thy beauty, Thou didst corrupt thy wisdom, because of thy splendour,— Upon the earth, did I cast thee. Before kings, did I set thee That they might look at thee:

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Cross References

Genesis 3:24So he expelled the man,—and caused to dwell—in front of the garden of Eden—cherubim and a brandishing sword—flame, to keep the way to the tree of life.

Leviticus 18:24Do not make yourselves unclean in any of these things,—For in all these things, have the nations made themselves unclean, whom, I, am sending out from before you.

Isaiah 23:9Yahweh of hosts, hath purposed it,—To humble the pride of all beauty, To make of little esteem all the honourable of the earth.

Ezekiel 8:17Then said he unto me Hast thou seen O son of man? Is it too small a thing for the house of Judah, to be committing the abominations which they have committed here,—that they have filled the land with violence and have again provoked me to anger and there they are! putting the branch to my nose.

Ezekiel 28:14Thou, wast the anointed cherub that covered,— When I appointed thee, in the holy mount of God, thou wast, Amid stones of fire, thou didst walk to and fro:

Amos 3:9Announce it over the palaces in Ashdod, and over the palaces in the land of Egypt,—and say ye—Gather yourselves together upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold ye—the great disorders in the midst thereof, and the oppressed within her.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 28:12-20

Fall of the Prince of Tyre. ( b. c. 588.) 11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God ; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of… Read the whole commentary →

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