Ezekiel 28 - Introduction
_GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON THE PRINCE OF TYRUS, FOR HIS SACRILEGIOUS PRIDE. A LAMENTATION OF HIS GREAT GLORY CORRUPTED BY SIN. THE JUDGMENT OF ZIDON. THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL._ _Before Christ 588._... [ Continue Reading ]
_GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON THE PRINCE OF TYRUS, FOR HIS SACRILEGIOUS PRIDE. A LAMENTATION OF HIS GREAT GLORY CORRUPTED BY SIN. THE JUDGMENT OF ZIDON. THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL._ _Before Christ 588._... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM A GOD— These words are an insolent boast of self-sufficiency; as if he had said, "I neither fear any prince, nor stand in need of any assistance; I am seated in a place of impregnable strength; the seas surround me; I am freed from the assaults of an enemy." See Isaiah 23:9 and Lowth.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT DIE, &C.— "Thou shalt die the deaths of those who perished in the flood:" _deaths,_ in the plural, as intimating a still farther punishment even after death; such as that impious race experienced, and such as this haughty prince had well deserved by his mad pride and blasphemous impiety.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SEALEST UP, &C.— _Thou seal of likeness, full,_ &c. Houbigant. The prophet compares the king of Tyre to a valuable seal-ring worn on the finger.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU HAST BEEN IN EDEN, &C.— _Thou wast as Eden,_ &c. Houbigant. "As thy situation was pleasant, so wast thou plentifully supplied with every thing which could contribute to render thy life agreeable." A state of paradise, in the common acceptation, denotes a condition every way complete and happy.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 and rulers of the angelical host, thus remarkably described, as one that _was perfect in his ways from... [ Continue Reading ]
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:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE A PRICKLING BRIAR— _Nor shall the house of Israel have any more in all her neighbours who despise her, a pricking briar, or tormenting thorn._ Houbigant. That is to say, "My people shall dwell quietly and securely in their own land, when the rest of their wicked neighbours... [ Continue Reading ]