Ezekiel 28:16
in Ezekiel 28By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
By the abundance of thy traffic they filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore have I cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 28
Commentary
8 notes on this verseI 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.
This site's exposition
you were blameless in your ways
on Ezekiel 28:15-17
Thou wast perfect in thy ways, till iniquity was found in thee marks the turn, a fall from an original perfection. The cause is trade turned to violence, and pride in beauty. The sentence answers in kind, cast as profane out of the mountain of God, cast to the ground.
This site's exposition
By the vastness of your trade
Violence here is chamas, the word for the wrong that filled the earth before the flood in Genesis 6. Tyre's trade included slaves, listed among her goods at 27:13. Commerce had become oppression.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Vers. 11 seqq.) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him: Thus says the Lord God: You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering: carnelian, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, onyx, and beryl, sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald. Gold was the workmanship of your settings and your engravings; on the day that you were created they were prepared.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Note, Those that have much to do in the world are in great danger of doing much amiss; and it is hard to deal with many without violence to some. Trades are called mysteries; but too many make them mysteries of iniquity. [2.] His pride and vain-glory (
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He disgraces the crown he wears, and so has forfeited it, and shall be destroyed from the midst of the stones of fire, the precious stones with which his palace was garnished, as the temple was; and they shall be no protection to him. [2.] He was exposed to contempt and disgrace, and trampled upon by his neighbours: " I will cast thee to the ground (
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By the multitude of thy merchandise,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
filled the midst of thee--that is, they have filled the midst of the city; he as the head of the state being involved in the guilt of the state, which he did not check, but fostered. cast thee as profane--no longer treated as sacred, but driven out of the place of sanctity (see Eze 28:14) which thou hast occupied (compare Ps 89:39).
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The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּרֹ֣ב | bero | in [the] abundance of | H7230 → | 149 times |
| רְכֻלָּתְךָ֗ | rekhulatekha | trading your | H7404 → | 4 times |
| מָל֧וּ | malu | people filled | H4390 → | 249 times |
| תוֹכְךָ֛ | tokha | [the] middle of you | H8432 → | 418 times |
| חָמָ֖ס | chamas | violence | H2555 → | 60 times |
| וַֽתֶּחֱטָ֑א | vatecheta' | and you sinned | H2398 → | 238 times |
| וָאֶחַלֶּלְךָ֩ | vaechalelkha | and I profaned you | H2490 → | 143 times |
| מֵהַ֨ר | mehar | from [the] mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֤ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וָֽאַבֶּדְךָ֙ | vaabedkha | and I destroyed you | H6 → | 184 times |
| כְּר֣וּב | keruv | O cherub | H3742 → | 91 times |
| הַסֹּכֵ֔ךְ | hasokhekh | <the> [one which] covers | H5526 → | |
| מִתּ֖וֹךְ | mitokh | from [the] middle of | H8432 → | 418 times |
| אַבְנֵי־ | ʾavnei- | [the] stones of | H68 → | 273 times |
| אֵֽשׁ׃ | ʾesh | fire | H784 → | 378 times |
בְּרֹ֣בin [the] abundance of
beroH7230 →149 times
רְכֻלָּתְךָ֗trading your
rekhulatekhaH7404 →4 times
מָל֧וּpeople filled
maluH4390 →249 times
תוֹכְךָ֛[the] middle of you
tokhaH8432 →418 times
חָמָ֖סviolence
chamasH2555 →60 times
וַֽתֶּחֱטָ֑אand you sinned
vatecheta'H2398 →238 times
וָאֶחַלֶּלְךָ֩and I profaned you
vaechalelkhaH2490 →143 times
מֵהַ֨רfrom [the] mountain of
meharH2022 →546 times
אֱלֹהִ֤יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
וָֽאַבֶּדְךָ֙and I destroyed you
vaabedkhaH6 →184 times
כְּר֣וּבO cherub
keruvH3742 →91 times
הַסֹּכֵ֔ךְ<the> [one which] covers
hasokhekhH5526 →
מִתּ֖וֹךְfrom [the] middle of
mitokhH8432 →418 times
אַבְנֵי־[the] stones of
ʾavnei-H68 →273 times
אֵֽשׁ׃fire
ʾeshH784 →378 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 2:16To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
it leads to
- Matthew 21:13
And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
- Jeremiah 7:11
Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
- Mark 11:17
Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of…
- Isaiah 56:5–11
I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be…
- Luke 2:49
“Why were you looking for Me?” He asked. “Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”
- Matthew 21:13
Through
Genesis 3:24So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
it leads to
- Hebrews 1:7
Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”
- Psalms 104:4
He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
- Exodus 25:18–22
Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
- Hebrews 1:7
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.