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Ezekiel 28:18 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 28 · verse 18
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.Ezekiel 28:18 · King James Version
Ezekiel 28:18 in context
16By 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.
17Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
18Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
19All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
20Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sanctuariesmiqdâsha consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary or asylumH4720 →
- iniquitiesʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- multituderôbabundanceH7230 →
- iniquityʻevelevilH5766 →
- traffickrᵉkullâhtradeH7404 →
- defiledchâlalproperly, to boreH2490 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-19