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 your merchant because of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your wares.

And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress.

And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things away; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and perdition.

Filled

Then he said unto me, Have you 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 returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

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

Publish 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 the great tumults in its midst, and the oppressed in its midst.

And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

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

Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you; because of bloodshed, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell in it.

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

Therefore

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

Defile not you yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

And I will drive you from your office, and from your station shall he pull you down.

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

Arise, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is defiled, it shall destroy you, even with utter destruction.

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

O covering

You are the anointed cherub that covers; and I have set you so: you were upon the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.