Ezekiel 28:16

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Summary

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.

The multitude

Filled

Zephaniah 1:9

Therefore

Revelation 12:9

O covering

Ezekiel 28:14

Bible References

The multitude

Tarshish was thy merchant because of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead. They traded for thy wares.

And it came to pass after the end of seventy years, that LORD examined Tyre, and she has repented of her gift, that she play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

[He is] a Canaanite. The balances of deceit are in his hand. He loves to oppress.

And having entered into the temple, he began to cast out those selling and buying in it,

And he said to those who sell the doves, Take these things from here. Make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

But those who want to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, which sink men in destruction and ruin.

Filled

Then he said to me, Have thou seen [this], O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to prov

And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults are in it, and what oppressions are in the midst of it.

And they covet fields, and seize them, and houses, and take them away. And they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

For the rich men of it are full of violence, and the inhabitants of it have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Because thou have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell therein.

And in that day I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

Therefore

So he drove out the man. And he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way of the tree of life.

Do not defile ye yourselves in any of these things. For in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you,

And I will thrust thee from thine office, and thou shall be pulled down from thy station.

LORD of hosts has purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

Arise ye, and depart, for this is not your resting-place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.

For if God did not spare heavenly agents who sinned, but delivered them up to chains of darkness, having been cast into hell being reserved for judgment,

And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, he who leads the whole world astray. He was cast out to the earth, and his agents were cast out with him.

O covering

Thou were the anointed cherub who covers. And I set thee, [so that] thou were upon the holy mountain of God. Thou have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.