Ezekiel 28:16

Ezekiel 28:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
• New International Version (NIV)Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“By the abundance of your trading You became filled with violence within, And you sinned; Therefore I cast you as a profane thing Out of the mountain of God; And I destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the fiery stones.

Context of Ezekiel 28:16

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. 15Everything that you did was completely good from the day that you were born. But later, you started to do wicked things. As 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. 18As a trader, you did many wrong things to cheat people. Your holy places became unclean. So I caused fire to completely destroy your city. Everyone could see that only ashes remained on the ground.

Ezekiel 28:16 word by word

בְּרֹ֣ב רְכֻלָּתְךָ֗ מָל֧וּ תוֹכְךָ֛ חָמָ֖ס וַֽתֶּחֱטָ֑א וָאֶחַלֶּלְךָ֩ מֵהַ֨ר אֱלֹהִ֤ים וָֽאַבֶּדְךָ֙ כְּר֣וּב הַסֹּכֵ֔ךְ מִתּ֖וֹךְ אַבְנֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• By the multitudeרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• of thy merchandiseרְכֻלָּהrekûllâh · merchandiseH7404
• they have filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of thee with violenceחָמָסchâmâs · violenceH2555
• and thou hast sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• therefore I will cast thee as profaneחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
• out of the mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and I will destroyאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• thee, O coveringסָכַךְsâkak ώâkak · to coverH5526
• cherubכְּרוּבkerûb · cherubH3742
• of the stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• of fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Ezekiel 28:16

• Ezekiel 27:12You had many valuable things to sell. So traders came from Tarshish to buy things from you. They brought silver and other good metals to pay for those things.
• Isaiah 23:17At the end of 70 years, the Lord will be kind to Tyre. People from all the nations of the world will come to Tyre to buy things. Tyre will receive their money, like the prostitute in the song.
• Hosea 12:7Your traders love to cheat people. They use false weights and measures.
• Luke 19:45Jesus went into the yard of the temple. Some people were selling things there. He began to make them all leave that place.
• John 2:16He said to the people who sold birds, ‘Take them out of here! Do not make my Father's house into a market!’
• 1 Timothy 6:9But some people want to have lots of money. This causes them to do wrong things. They cannot get free from their bad ways, like an animal in a trap. They want many things for themselves. Their foolish thoughts hurt them and finally destroy their lives.
• Ezekiel 8:17The Lord said to me, ‘Son of man, look at that! The people of Judah are doing these disgusting things here in my temple! That is a terrible thing! And they are also doing violent things everywhere in their land. They continue to make me angry all the time. Look at them! They insult me as much as they can!
• Genesis 6:11God saw that everything on the earth had become spoiled. Everywhere, people were attacking each other.
• Amos 3:9Tell this message now in Ashdod city. Go to the strong cities in Egypt and speak the message there. Say this: ‘Come to the mountains in Samaria. Look at the cruel things that people are doing in Samaria. Many people are afraid.’
• Micah 2:2When they want fields, they take them from other people. When they want houses, they take them. These cruel people take other people's homes and fields; then those people's families have nothing.
• Micah 6:12You rich people in the city are very cruel. Everyone there says things that are not true. All of them speak false words.
• Habakkuk 2:8You have robbed many nations. You have murdered people in many lands. You have destroyed towns and the people who live in them. Now the people who remain will come to rob you.
• Zephaniah 1:9‘I will also punish the people who rush into other people's houses. They do that because they want to rob those people. On that same day, I will also punish other robbers. Those people fill their masters' houses with the things that they take.’
• Genesis 3:24Then God put cherubs to be guards for the garden. God put them on the east side of the garden. There was also a sword of fire that moved quickly from side to side. As a result, nobody could go near to the tree that gives life.
• Leviticus 18:24Do not do any of these things. They would make you unclean. The people who live in Canaan do these things. It made them unclean. God will send those people out of their country.
• Isaiah 22:19I will remove you from your job. You will no longer be an important officer in the palace.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 28:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16I will cast thee as profane - Thou shalt be cast down from thine eminence. From the midst of the stones of fire - Some, supposing that stones of fire means the stars, have thought that the whole refers to the fall of Satan.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. 1616. filled the midst of thee--that is, they have filled the midst of the city; he as the head of the state being involved in the guilt of the state, which he did not check, but fostered. cast thee as profane--no longer treated as sacred, but driven out of the place of sanctity (see Eze 28:14) which thou hast occupied (compare Psa 89:39).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 28:16

• Commerce
• Lamentations
• Tyre

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Confidence
• Defile
• Tyre
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Merchandise
• Phoenicia; Phoenicians
• Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar

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