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Ezekiel 28:14

You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.

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ASV

Thou wast the anointed cherub that covereth: and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

KJV

Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַ֨תְּ־'At-youH859 →
כְּר֔וּבke.Ruv[were] a cherub ofH3742 →
מִמְשַׁ֖חmi.ShachexpansionH4473 →
הַסּוֹכֵ֑ךְha.so.Khekh<the> [one which] coversH5526 →
וּנְתַתִּ֗יךָu.ne.ta.Ti.khaand I appointed youH5414 →
בְּהַ֨רbe.Haron [the] mountain ofH2022 →
קֹ֤דֶשׁKo.desh[the] holiness ofH6944 →
אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
הָיִ֔יתָha.Yi.tayou wereH1961 →
בְּת֥וֹךְbe.Tokhin [the] middle ofH8432 →
אַבְנֵי־'av.nei-stones ofH68 →
אֵ֖שׁ'eshfireH784 →
הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃hit.ha.La.khe.tayou walked aboutH1980 →

The walk

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Isaiah 14:12–15How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.Exodus 30:26Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony,Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.Exodus 40:9Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.Ezekiel 20:40For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.Exodus 9:16But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.Exodus 25:17–20And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.Psalms 75:5–7Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”Revelation 18:16saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!Daniel 2:37–38You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.Revelation 9:17Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.2 Thessalonians 2:4He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.Isaiah 10:15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”Daniel 5:18–23As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.Ezekiel 28:16–17By 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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About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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