Ezekiel 28:11

Bible in Basic English

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me:

Hebrew Names Version
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

King James Version
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

English Standard Version
Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me:

New American Standard Bible
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

Amplified Bible
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

World English Bible
Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Moreouer the word of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Again the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Again the word of Yahweh came to me saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said:

Complete Jewish Bible
The word of Adonai came to me:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
The word of the Lord came to me. He said,

George Lamsa Translation
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Good News Translation
The Lord spoke to me again.

Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer, the worde off the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:

American Standard Version
Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

King James Version (1611)
Moreouer the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Moreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

English Revised Version
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, reise thou weilyng on the kyng of Tire;

Update Bible Version
Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New English Translation
The word of the Lord came to me:

New King James Version
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New Living Translation
Then this further message came to me from the Lord :

New Life Bible
The Word of the Lord came to me saying,

New Revised Standard
Moreover the word of the Lord came to me:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre:

Revised Standard Version
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me:

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ¹² Son of man, make a song of grief for the king of Tyre, and say to him, This is what the Lord has said: You are all-wise and completely beautiful; ¹³ You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready. ¹⁴ I gave you your place with the winged one; I put you on the mountain of God; you went up and down among the stones of fire. ¹⁵ There has been no evil in your ways from the day when you were made, till sin was seen in you. ¹⁶ Through all your trading you have become full of violent ways, and have done evil: so I sent you out shamed from the mountain of God; the winged one put an end to you from among the stones of fire. ¹⁷ Your heart was lifted up because you were beautiful, you made your wisdom evil through your sin: I have sent you down, even to the earth; I have made you low before kings, so that they may see you. ¹⁸ By all your sin, even by your evil trading, you have made your holy places unclean; so I will make a fire come out from you, it will make a meal of you, and I will make you as dust on the earth before the eyes of all who see you. ¹⁹ All who have knowledge of you among the peoples will be overcome with wonder at you: you have become a thing of fear, and you will never be seen again.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Jeremiah 49:16 - though

Cross-References

Genesis 28:18
And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.

Genesis 31:46
And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.

Matthew 8:20
And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

2 Corinthians 1:5
For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me,.... After the prophecy concerning the ruin of the prince of Tyre, the word of the Lord came to the prophet, ordering him to take up a lamentation on the king of Tyre:

saying; as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 first of creation; but at the same time the parallel is to be maintained in his fall from glory. Like Adam in the enjoyment of paradise, he shall be like Adam in his fall.

Every precious stone - All the stones here named are found in the High priest’s breastplate Exodus 28:17-20, but their order is different, and three stones named in Exodus (the third row) are wanting. The prophet may purposely have varied the description because the number twelve (that of the tribes of Israel) had nothing to do with the prince of Tyrus, and he wished to portray, not a high priest, but a king, having in view a figure which was to a Jew, especially to a priest, the very type of magnificence.

Tabrets - (or, drums) and “pipes” were a common expression for festivity and triumph.

Ezekiel 28:14

Thou art - Better,” Thou” wert. “the anointed cherub that covereth” In the temple the cherubim and all holy things were consecrated and anointed with oil (Exodus 30:26 ff). The prince of Tyre was also anointed as a sovereign priest - covering or protecting the minor states, like the cherubim with outstretched wings covering the mercy-Seat.

Thou wast upon the holy mountain - As the cherub was in the temple on the holy mountain, so the prince of Tyre was presiding over the island-city, rising like a mountain from the deep.

Stones of fire - i. e., bright and shining. Decked with bright jewels, the prince walked among jewels in gorgeous splendor.

Ezekiel 28:15

The “perfection” was false, unsuspected until the “iniquity” which lay beneath was found out.