Ezekiel 28:16-18

A Lament over the King of Tyre

16 In the abundance of m your trade
you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from k the mountain of God,
and I destroyed you, 1 j O guardian cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 n Your heart was proud because of o your beauty;
you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I exposed you before kings,
to feast their eyes on you.
18 By the multitude of your iniquities,
in the unrighteousness of your trade
you profaned your sanctuaries;
so p I brought fire out from your midst;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
q in the sight of all who saw you.

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:5
    By your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth -
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:14
    You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:14
    You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God : "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god -
    Ezekiel 28:5
    By your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth -
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:7
    Therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you, the most ruthless of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:8
    Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken.
    Ezekiel 30:14
    I will make Pathros a desolation and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments on Thebes.
    Ezekiel 30:16
    And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and Memphis shall face enemies by day.
    Revelation 18:8
    For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:17
    Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
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