I will destroy (RV 'have destroyed') thee, O covering cherub] more probably, 'the covering cherub hath destroyed thee,' i.e. expelled thee. As it stands the passage describes the fall of a cherub, but the alternative renderings in Ezekiel 28:14 bring it more into line with Genesis 3, the cherub being the guardian of the garden, and the prince of Tyre a privileged inmate of it, who is driven out for the sin of pride.

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