Ezekiel 28:5-15

5 By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.

6 “ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘Because you think you are wise, as wise as a god,

7 I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations; they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom and pierce your shining splendor.

8 They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.

9 Will you then say, “I am a god,” in the presence of those who kill you? You will be but a mortal, not a god, in the hands of those who slay you.

10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.’ ”

11 The word of the LORD came to me:

12 “Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.^[a]Your settings and mountings^[b] were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.

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

15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.

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Ezekiel 28:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 28

This chapter contains a prophecy of the destruction of the prince of Tyre; a lamentation for the king of Tyre; a denunciation of judgments on Zidon, and a promise of peace and safety to Israel. The order given the prophet to prophesy of the ruin of the prince of Tyre, Eze 28:1,2, the cause of his ruin, his pride on account of his wisdom and riches, which rose to such a pitch, as to make himself God, Eze 28:2-6, the manner in which his destruction shall be accomplished, Eze 28:7-10, the lamentation for the king of Tyre begins Eze 28:11,12, setting forth his former grandeur and dignity, Eze 28:13-15, his fall, and the cause of it, injustice and violence in merchandise, pride because of beauty and wisdom, and profanation of sanctuaries, Eze 28:16-19, next follow the judgments on Zidon, Eze 28:20-23, and the chapter is concluded with a promise of the restoration of the Jews to their own land, and of great tranquillity and safety in it, Eze 28:24-26.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 21

1. S Isaiah 23:8
2. S Jeremiah 9:23; S Ezekiel 27:33
3. S Job 31:25; Psalms 52:7; Psalms 62:10; Hosea 12:8; Hosea 13:6
4. Ezekiel 30:11; Ezekiel 31:12; Ezekiel 32:12; Habakkuk 1:6
5. Jeremiah 9:23
6. S Ezekiel 7:24
7. S Psalms 55:23; Ezekiel 32:30
8. Revelation 18:7
9. S Ezekiel 26:12; Ezekiel 27:27
10. S Isaiah 31:3
11. S Ezekiel 16:49
12. S 1 Samuel 14:6; S Jeremiah 9:26; Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 32:19,24
13. S Ezekiel 19:1
14. Ezekiel 27:2-4
15. S Genesis 2:8
16. Ezekiel 31:8-9
17. Revelation 17:4
18. S Ezekiel 27:16
19. Isaiah 14:11; Revelation 21:20
20. Exodus 30:26; Exodus 40:9
21. Exodus 25:17-20

Footnotes 2

[a]. The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.
[b]. The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

Ezekiel 28:5-15

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Ezekiel 28:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 28

Cross References 21

Footnotes 2