Stretched out. That is, thy wings extended. This alludes to the figure of the cherubims in the sanctuary, which with stretched out wings covered the ark, (Challoner) on the holy mountain. (St. Jerome, &c.) --- Fire. That is, bright and precious stones, which sparkle like fire. (Challoner) --- With these the king's robes glittered, or he walked upon them, Esther i. 6. (Calmet) --- Calcacabatur onyx. (Lucan x.)
Verse Ezekiel 28:14. _THOU ART THE ANOINTED CHERUB THAT COVERETH_] The irony is continued; and here he is likened to the CHERUB that guarded the gates of Paradise, and kept the way of the tree of life...
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...
ART. west, as in the other verses here. THE ANOINTED CHERUB THAT COVERETH. Cherub can be used only of. supernatural being, overshadowing and protecting "the world that then was" (2 Peter 3:6), or the...
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...
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. THOU ART THE ANOINTED C...
28:14 the (e-3) Or 'an.' covering (f-5) 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...
THOU _art_ (RV 'wast') THE ANOINTED CHERUB] more probably, 'thou wast with the.. cherub.' THE HOLY MOUNTAIN] another phrase for the garden of God....
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
THOU ART THE ANOINTED CHERUB. — The tense is not expressed in the Hebrew, and it is better to supply the same simple past as is used throughout the passage: _thou wert._ The imagery is taken from the...
אַ֨תְּ ־כְּר֔וּב מִמְשַׁ֖ח הַ סֹּוכֵ֑ךְ וּ נְ
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...
Thou [art] (e) the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee (f) [so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the (g) stones of fire. (e) He me...
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 ART THE ANOINTED CHERUB THAT COVERETH,.... In allusion to the cherubim over the mercy seat, which covered it with their wings; and which, as the ark of the testimony and all the vessels of the ta...
_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._ Ver. 14. _Thou art...
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth, because he, as an anointed king, had the duty of protecting a nation of people, like a sanctuary in God's care; AND I HAVE SET THEE SO; THOU WAST UPON THE H...
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...
THOU ART THE ANOINTED CHERUB: I would rather keep the order of the words in the Hebrew, which the French also keep, Thou art a cherub, anointed, a protector, or one who covereth for defence. For thy w...
Ezekiel 28:14 anointed H4473 cherub H3742 covers H5526 (H8802) established H5414 (H8804) holy H6944 mountain H2022
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...
“You seal up the sum, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty, You were in Eden, the garden of the gods (or ‘of God') Every precious stone was your covering, The sardius, the topaz and the diamond, T...
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...
_Thou hast been in Eden, the garden of God._ IN THE GARDEN OF GOD 1. History, it is clear, may be written as poetry; and that, too, without any evaporation of its facts. Ezekiel’s figure gives us the...
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 Thessalonians 2:4; Daniel 2:37; Daniel 2:38; Daniel 4:35; Daniel 5
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...
Cherub — For thy wisdom, power, and excellency, like a cherub, or angel; for the sacredness of thy person, and office, as the anointed of God; for the exercise of thy power, as a shield, as a protecto...