Ezekiel 28:14

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
anointed	מִמְשַׁ֖ח mi.Shach	H4473	outspread (i.e. with outstretched wings) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
cherub	כְּר֔וּב ke.Ruv	H3742	a cherub or imaginary figure · noun, common masculine singular construct
covereth	הַסּוֹכֵ֑ךְ ha.so.Khekh	H5526	properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
set	וּנְתַתִּ֗יךָ u.ne.ta.Ti.kha	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
holy	קֹ֤דֶשׁ Ko.desh	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine singular construct
mountain	בְּהַ֨ר be.Har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
God	אֱלֹהִים֙ 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
down	הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ hit.ha.La.khe.ta	H1980	to walk (in a great variety of applications · verb, hithpael perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
midst	בְּת֥וֹךְ be.Tokh	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
stones	אַבְנֵי 'av.nei-	H68	a stone · noun, common feminine plural construct
fire	אֵ֖שׁ 'esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · noun, common both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

Exodus 30:26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
Isaiah 14:12-15 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Exodus 40:9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof:…
Ezekiel 20:40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in…
Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, a…
Exodus 9:16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the ear…
Exodus 25:17-20 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof…
Psalms 75:5-7 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 28:11-19

As after the prediction of the ruin of Tyre (ch. 26) followed a pathetic lamentation for it (ch. 27), so after the ruin of the king of Tyre is foretold it is bewailed. I. This is commonly understood of the prince who then reigned over Tyre, spoken to, Eze 28:2. His name was Ethbaal, or Ithobalus, as Diodorus Siculus calls him that was king of Tyre when Nebuchadnezzar destroyed it. He was, it seems, upon all external accounts an accomplished man, very great and famous; but his iniquity was his ruin. Many expositors have suggested that besides the literal sense of this lamentation there is an allegory in it, and that it is an allusion to the fall of the angels that sinned, who undid themselves…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 28:14

anointed cherub--GESENIUS translates from an Aramaic root, "extended cherub." English Version, from a Hebrew root, is better. "The cherub consecrated to the Lord by the anointing oil" [FAIRBAIRN]. covereth--The imagery employed by Ezekiel as a priest is from the Jewish temple, wherein the cherubim overshadowed the mercy seat, as the king of Tyre, a demi-god in his own esteem, extended his protection over the interests of Tyre. The cherub--an ideal compound of the highest kinds of animal existence and the type of redeemed man in his ultimate state of perfection--is made the image of the king of Tyre, as if the beau ideal of humanity. The pretensions of Antichrist are the ulterior reference,…

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Adam Clarke on 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; or to one of the cherubs whose wings, spread out, covered the mercy-seat. Thou mast upon the holy mountain of God - The irony is still continued; and now he is compared to Hoses, and afterwards to one of the chief angels, who has walked up and down among the stones of fire; that is, thy floors have been paved with precious stones, that shone and sparkled like fire. Lucan, describing the splendor of the apartments of Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, speaks in nearly a similar language: - Nec summis crustata domus, sectis…

The Church Fathers

For the king who was anointed with the holy oil was called a cherub. And he was overshadowing all his people.… They were sitting in the shadow of the king, while he was standing at their head. And when the crown of their head fell, they were without shade. And if anyone should say that this word is spoken concerning Christ, let him accept what I write for him without dispute, and he will be persuaded that it was said with reference to the king.
— Aphrahat the Persian Sage, DEMONSTRATIONS 5:9

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Dictionary and topics

Tyre — A rock, now es-Sur; an ancient Phoenician city, about 23 miles, in a direct line, north of Acre, and 20 south of Sidon. Sidon was the oldest Phoenician city, but Tyre had a longer and more…
Cherubim · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE
Precious Stones · Called: Stones of fire — Called: Stones of fire

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 28:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 28:11-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 28:14

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 28:14

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 28:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 28:11-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 28:14

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 28:14

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Ezekiel 28:14

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 28:11-19

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 28:13-14

Rashi on Ezekiel 28:14