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Ezekiel 28:15
15Everything that you did was completely good from the day that you were born. But later, you started to do wicked things.
Ezekiel 28:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
- New International Version (NIV)You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was found in you.
Context of Ezekiel 28:15
13You lived in God's beautiful garden, Eden. You wore valuable jewels on your clothes. The jewels were ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl. They were fixed to pieces of gold. They were ready for you to wear on the day that you were born. 14I put you there with a cherub to be your guard. You lived on my holy mountain. You walked among the stones that burned with fire. Everything that you did was completely good from the day that you were born. But later, you started to do wicked things. 16As a trader, you bought and sold many things. As a result, you became violent and you did evil things. So I sent you away in shame. I would not allow you to remain on my mountain. The cherub that had been your guard chased you out. You could no longer walk among the stones that burned with fire. 17But because you were so beautiful, you were very proud. You used your wisdom to do bad things, because you loved to have beautiful things. So I threw you down to the ground. I let other kings see what had happened to you.
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תָּמִ֤ים אַתָּה֙ בִּדְרָכֶ֔יךָ מִיּ֖וֹם הִבָּֽרְאָ֑ךְ עַד־נִמְצָ֥א עַוְלָ֖תָה בָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 28:15
- Ezekiel 28:3You think that you are wiser than Daniel, and that you know all secrets.
- Ezekiel 27:3Tyre is a city on the coast of the sea. From there, traders go across the sea to sell things to people in many other countries. This is what the Almighty Lord says to Tyre: “Tyre, you say that you are completely beautiful.
- Ezekiel 28:17But because you were so beautiful, you were very proud. You used your wisdom to do bad things, because you loved to have beautiful things. So I threw you down to the ground. I let other kings see what had happened to you.
- Genesis 1:26Then God said, ‘We will make humans so that they are very much like us. They will rule over the fish in the sea and over the birds in the sky. They will rule over the farm animals. They will rule over the whole earth and all the animals that move along the ground.’
- Genesis 6:5The Lord saw that men and women on the earth had become very bad. They thought only of evil things all the time.
- Proverbs 14:34A nation will receive honour when its people do what is right. But sin will bring shame on its people.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29I did learn this: God made people to do what is right. But people have chosen their own way to do things.
- Isaiah 14:12Look at you! You have fallen from heaven! You shine like the bright morning star! You have won against many nations, but now you have come down very low!
- Lamentations 5:16And we have no king in Jerusalem any longer. We have sinned, so it will be very bad for us.
- Romans 7:9As for me, there was a time when I did not know God's laws. I was living without any law to obey. But when I learned about that command, sin now had power in my life.
- 2 Peter 2:4God even punished the angels who refused to obey him. He threw them down into the deep hole of hell. He tied them up and he kept them in that completely dark place. They will remain there until the day when God will judge them.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 28:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Thou wast perfect in thy ways - The irony seems still to be kept up. Thou hast been like the angels, like Moses, like the cherubs, like Adam, like God, till thy iniquity was found out.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-19Verses 11-19 The dirge of the prince of Tyre, answering to the dirge of the state. The passage is ironical; its main purpose is to depict all the glory, real or assumed, of “the prince of Tyrus,” in order to show how deplorable should be his ruin. Ezekiel 28:12 To “seal the sum” is to make up the whole measure of perfection. Compare the Septuagint Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden - “Thou” wast etc. The prince of Tyrus is ironically described as the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-18This sarcastic description of the prince of Tyre's greatness and pride sets him up for his fall, similar to the fall of humanity (Genesis 3). Like Adam, the king of Tyre's supposedly blameless state was temporary and ended abruptly when evil was found in him. His wealth and dishonest trade led him to violence (compare Ezekiel 26:17). Someone who claimed to be greater than Adam could experience a similar fall from favor and be banished from the mountain of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. perfect--prosperous [Grotius], and having no defect. So Hiram was a sample of the Tyrian monarch in his early days of wisdom and prosperity (1Ki 5:7, &c.). till iniquity ... in thee--Like the primeval man thou hast fallen by abusing God's gifts, and so hast provoked God's wrath.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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