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So I made a fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/28.htm">New Living Translation</a> You defiled your sanctuaries with your many sins and your dishonest trade. So I brought fire out from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/28.htm">English Standard Version</a> By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries; so I brought fire out from your midst; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all who saw you. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/28.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/28.htm">New King James Version</a> “You defiled your sanctuaries By the multitude of your iniquities, By the iniquity of your trading; Therefore I brought fire from your midst; It devoured you, And I turned you to ashes upon the earth In the sight of all who saw you. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “By the multitude of your wrongdoings, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/28.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220By the multitude of your iniquities, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “By the multitude of your iniquities, In the unrighteousness of your trade, You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> By the abundance of your iniquities, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought out fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “You profaned your sanctuaries By the great quantity of your sins and the enormity of your guilt, By the unrighteousness of your trade. Therefore I have brought forth a fire from your midst; It has consumed you, And I have reduced you to ashes on the earth In the sight of all who look at you. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You profaned your sanctuaries by the magnitude of your iniquities in your dishonest trade. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of everyone watching you. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You profaned your sanctuaries by the magnitude of your iniquities in your dishonest trade. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of everyone watching you. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/28.htm">American Standard Version</a> By the multitude of thine iniquities, in the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of thee; it hath devoured thee, and I have turned thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You have cheated so many other merchants that your places of worship are corrupt. So I set your city on fire and burned it down. Now everyone sees only ashes where your city once stood, <a href="/erv/ezekiel/28.htm">English Revised Version</a> By the multitude of thine iniquities, in the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of thee, it hath devoured thee, and I have turned thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You dishonored your own holy places because of your many sins and dishonest trade. So I set fire to you to burn you up. I turned you into ashes on the ground in the presence of all who saw you. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/28.htm">Good News Translation</a> You did such evil in buying and selling that your places of worship were corrupted. So I set fire to the city and burned it to the ground. All who look at you now see you reduced to ashes. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/28.htm">International Standard Version</a> By all of your iniquity and unrighteous businesses you defiled your sanctuaries, so I'm going to bring out fire from within you and burn you to ashes on the earth before the whole watching world! <a href="/msb/ezekiel/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you. <a href="/net/ezekiel/28.htm">NET Bible</a> By the multitude of your iniquities, through the sinfulness of your trade, you desecrated your sanctuaries. So I drew fire out from within you; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth before the eyes of all who saw you. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your traffic, you have profaned your sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of you; it has devoured you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thy 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. <a href="/web/ezekiel/28.htm">World English Bible</a> By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your commerce, you have profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought out a fire from the middle of you. It has devoured you. I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> From [the] abundance of your iniquity, "" By [the] perversity of your merchandise, "" You have defiled your sanctuaries, "" And I bring forth fire from your midst, "" It has devoured you, "" And I make you become ashes on the earth, "" In [the] eyes of all beholding you. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> From the abundance of thy iniquity, By the perversity of thy traffic, Thou hast polluted thy sanctuaries, And I bring forth fire from thy midst, It hath devoured thee, And I make thee become ashes on the earth, Before the eyes of all beholding thee. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> From the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic, thou didst profane my holy places; and I will bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall consume thee, and I will give thee for ashes upon the earth before the eyes of all seeing thee.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thy iniquities, and by the iniquity of thy traffic: therefore I will bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, to devour thee, and I will make thee as ashes upon the earth in the sight of all that see thee. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You have defiled your sanctuaries, by the multitude of your iniquities and by the iniquity of your business dealings. Therefore, I will produce a fire from your midst, which will consume you, and I will make you into ashes upon the earth, in the sight of all who are watching you. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/28.htm">New American Bible</a> Because of the enormity of your guilt, and the perversity of your trade, you defiled your sanctuary. I brought fire out of you; it devoured you; I made you ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who see you. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade, you profaned your sanctuaries. So I brought out fire from within you; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all who saw you.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> By the multitude of your frauds, by the iniquity of your traffic, you have defiled your sanctuary; therefore I will bring forth a fire from the midst of you, and it shall devour you, and I will reduce you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all those who see you. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> In the abundance of your fraud and in the evil of your trafficking, you have defiled your holy place. I shall send out fire from within you, and it shall devour you, and I shall make you ashes in the Earth before the eyes of all who see you<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> By the multitude of thine iniquities, in the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of thee, it hath devoured thee, and I have turned thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Because of the multitude of thy sins and the iniquities of thy merchandise, I have profaned thy sacred things; and I will bring fire out of the midst of thee, this shall devour thee; and I will make thee to be ashes upon thy land before all that see thee. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=8183" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/28.htm">A Lament over the King of Tyre</a> …17Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings. 18<a href="/hebrew/7230.htm" title="7230: mê·rōḇ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Multitude, abundance, greatness. From rabab; abundance.">By the multitude</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·ne·ḵā (N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">of your iniquities</a> <a href="/hebrew/5766.htm" title="5766: bə·‘e·wel (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Injustice, unrighteousness. Or lavel; and lavlah; or owlah; or.olah; from aval; evil.">and the dishonesty</a> <a href="/hebrew/7404.htm" title="7404: rə·ḵul·lā·ṯə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Traffic, merchandise. Feminine passive participle of rakal; trade.">of your trading</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: ḥil·lal·tā (V-Piel-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">you have profaned</a> <a href="/hebrew/4720.htm" title="4720: miq·dā·še·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A sacred place, sanctuary. Or miqqdash; from qadash; a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary or asylum.">your sanctuaries.</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ’êš (N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">So I made fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: wā·’ō·w·ṣi- (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">come</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: mit·tō·wḵ·ḵā (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">from within you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">and it</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ’ă·ḵā·laṯ·ḵā (V-Qal-Perf-3fs:: 2ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">consumed you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wā·’et·ten·ḵā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I reduced</a> <a href="/hebrew/665.htm" title="665: lə·’ê·p̄er (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Ashes. From an unused root meaning to bestrew; ashes.">you to ashes</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the ground</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: lə·‘ê·nê (Prep-l:: N-cdc) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">in the eyes</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">of all</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: rō·’e·ḵā (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 2ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">who saw you.</a> 19All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/14-12.htm">Isaiah 14:12-15</a> How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. / You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. / I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” ... <a href="/revelation/12-7.htm">Revelation 12:7-9</a> Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. / But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels. / And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. <a href="/revelation/20-10.htm">Revelation 20:10</a> And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. <a href="/isaiah/34-8.htm">Isaiah 34:8-10</a> For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. / Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch. / It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it. <a href="/matthew/25-41.htm">Matthew 25:41</a> Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Revelation 18:8-10</a> Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” / Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. / In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.” <a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21-24</a> Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. / And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again. / The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.” ... <a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Jeremiah 51:25-26</a> “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain. / No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/47-11.htm">Isaiah 47:11-15</a> But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly. / So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror! / You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate. ... <a href="/revelation/19-20.htm">Revelation 19:20</a> But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. <a href="/revelation/14-10.htm">Revelation 14:10-11</a> he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. / And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” <a href="/isaiah/30-33.htm">Isaiah 30:33</a> For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze. <a href="/2_peter/3-7.htm">2 Peter 3:7</a> And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a> “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.” <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a> But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>You have defiled your sanctuaries by the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of your traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the middle of you, it shall devour you, and I will bring you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all them that behold you.defiled<a href="/ezekiel/28-2.htm">Ezekiel 28:2,13,14,16</a> Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: … by the iniquity<a href="/mark/8-36.htm">Mark 8:36</a> For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?therefore<a href="/ezekiel/5-4.htm">Ezekiel 5:4</a> Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.<a href="/judges/9-15.htm">Judges 9:15,20</a> And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon… <a href="/amos/1-9.htm">Amos 1:9,10,14</a> Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: … I will bring<a href="/malachi/4-3.htm">Malachi 4:3</a> And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.<a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">2 Peter 2:6</a> And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/27-30.htm">Ashes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-11.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm">Devoured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-17.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-17.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-16.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-33.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-23.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-15.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-16.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-16.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-3.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-2.htm">Sanctuaries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-16.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-16.htm">Trade</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-16.htm">Traffic</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-5.htm">Traffick</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-2.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-15.htm">Unrighteousness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Ashes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-29.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-26.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-28.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-27.htm">Devoured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-16.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-8.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-5.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-27.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-16.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-22.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-19.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-20.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/amos/7-9.htm">Sanctuaries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-25.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Trade</a> <a href="/genesis/42-34.htm">Traffic</a> <a href="/genesis/42-34.htm">Traffick</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-21.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/micah/3-10.htm">Unrighteousness</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 28</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/28-1.htm">God's judgment upon the prince of Tyrus for his sacrilegious pride</a> 11. <a href="/ezekiel/28-11.htm">A lamentation of his great glory corrupted by Sidon</a> 20. <a href="/ezekiel/28-20.htm">The judgment of Zion</a> 24. <a href="/ezekiel/28-24.htm">The restoration of Israel</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Tyre was a prominent ancient Phoenician city known for its wealth and trade. The king's iniquities and dishonest trading practices symbolize moral and spiritual corruption. This reflects the broader biblical theme of judgment against pride and exploitation, as seen in other prophetic books like Isaiah and Jeremiah, where similar judgments are pronounced against nations and leaders who exploit others for personal gain.you have profaned your sanctuaries The sanctuaries refer to places of worship or sacred spaces that have been defiled by the king's actions. In the ancient Near Eastern context, sanctuaries were central to religious and community life. Profaning them indicates a deep level of sacrilege and disrespect for the divine. This echoes the biblical principle that sin not only affects individuals but also desecrates what is holy, as seen in the desecration of the temple in Jerusalem (Ezekiel 8-11).So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you This imagery of fire coming from within suggests self-destruction as a consequence of sin. Fire is often used in the Bible as a symbol of divine judgment and purification (e.g., <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a>). The internal origin of the fire indicates that the king's downfall is a direct result of his own actions, aligning with the biblical principle that sin carries its own consequences (<a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a>).I reduced you to ashes on the ground Being reduced to ashes signifies total destruction and humiliation. Ashes are a symbol of mourning and repentance in the Bible (<a href="/job/42-6.htm">Job 42:6</a>, <a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Daniel 9:3</a>), but here they represent the finality of judgment. This imagery is consistent with the fate of other proud and sinful entities in Scripture, such as Sodom and Gomorrah (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-28</a>).in the eyes of all who saw you The public nature of the judgment serves as a warning to others. In biblical narratives, God's judgments are often witnessed by others to demonstrate His justice and power (<a href="/exodus/14-30.htm">Exodus 14:30-31</a>). This serves as a deterrent to similar behavior and underscores the theme of accountability before God. The visibility of the judgment reinforces the message that no one is beyond the reach of divine justice.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He conveyed God's messages of judgment and restoration. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_king_of_tyre.htm">The King of Tyre</a> The primary subject of this passage, representing both a historical figure and a symbolic representation of pride and rebellion against God. 3. <a href="/topical/t/tyre.htm">Tyre</a> An ancient and wealthy city-state known for its commerce and trade, often associated with pride and idolatry. 4. <a href="/topical/s/sanctuaries.htm">Sanctuaries</a> Places of worship that were defiled by the king's iniquities, symbolizing the corruption of what was meant to be holy. 5. <a href="/topical/f/fire_and_ashes.htm">Fire and Ashes</a> Symbols of judgment and destruction, representing the consequences of sin and rebellion against God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_pride.htm">The Dangers of Pride</a> Pride leads to downfall. The King of Tyre's arrogance and self-exaltation resulted in his destruction. Believers must guard against pride and seek humility. <a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_conduct.htm">Integrity in Conduct</a> The dishonesty in trading highlights the importance of integrity. Christians are called to conduct their affairs with honesty and righteousness. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_sin.htm">Consequences of Sin</a> Sin has serious consequences. The imagery of fire and ashes serves as a stark reminder of the judgment that follows unrepentant sin. <a href="/topical/s/sanctity_of_worship.htm">Sanctity of Worship</a> The profaning of sanctuaries underscores the need to keep worship pure and focused on God. Believers should ensure their worship is sincere and untainted by worldly influences. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a> God's judgment is just and inevitable. The passage reminds us of God's ultimate authority over nations and individuals.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) Defiled thy sanctuaries.--These are not to be understood so much of the actual temples of Tyre as of the ideal "holy mountain of God," in which the prophet has represented the prince of Tyre as "a covering cherub." Yet still, doubtless, even in the former sense, it was true that the Tyrians, like the Gentiles of whom St. Paul speaks in <a href="/romans/1-21.htm" title="Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.">Romans 1:21</a>, did not act up to the religious light they had, and violating their own consciences and sense of right, defiled even such representation of the true religion as still remained in their idolatrous worship. The main thought, however, is the former one, and it is in accordance with this that the fire is represented as going forth to consume the king. Many of the Hebrew manuscripts have sanctuary in the singular.By the iniquity of thy traffick.--Here, as so often in other cases, the sin is represented as consisting in the abuse of the very blessings which God had given, and this sin as leading directly to its own punishment. No fact is more striking in history, whether of Israel or of the heathen, than that the gifts of God, which should have been to their blessing and His glory, are perverted by the sinfulness of man: first to their own guilt, and then, in consequence, to their ruin.<a href="/context/ezekiel/28-20.htm" title="Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,">Ezekiel 28:20-26</a> constitute another distinct prophecy, of which <a href="/context/ezekiel/28-20.htm" title="Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,">Ezekiel 28:20-24</a> are occupied with the denunciation of judgment upon Zidon, and <a href="/context/ezekiel/28-25.htm" title="Thus said the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.">Ezekiel 28:25-26</a> with promises to Israel. There are several obvious reasons, besides that of making up the number of the nations to seven, why at least a word of prophecy should have been directed especially against Zidon, notwithstanding her forming a part of Ph?nicia and contributing to the mariners of Tyre (<a href="/ezekiel/27-8.htm" title="The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyrus, that were in you, were your pilots.">Ezekiel 27:8</a>). In the first place, Zidon (situated about twenty-five miles north of Tyre) was the more ancient city from which Tyre had sprung, and always maintained her independence. Hence she might seem not to be exposed to the judgment of God upon Tyre, unless especially mentioned. Then also Zidon (rather than Tyre) had been peculiarly the source of corrupting idolatrous influences upon Israel. This had begun as early as the times of the Judges (<a href="/judges/10-6.htm" title="And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.">Judges 10:6</a>); it had been continued and increased in the days of Solomon (<a href="/1_kings/11-33.htm" title="Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.">1Kings 11:33</a>); it reached its consummation under the reign of Ahab, who married Jezebel, the daughter of the king of Zidon and high priest of Baal (<a href="/1_kings/16-31.htm" title="And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.">1Kings 16:31</a>), and who set up the worship of Baal as the state religion of Israel. That this influence was still powerful in Judah also in the days of Ezekiel is plain from the reference to the Thammuz worship in <a href="/ezekiel/8-14.htm" title="Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.">Ezekiel 8:14</a>. . . . <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>By the multitude מֵרֹ֣ב (mê·rōḇ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7230.htm">Strong's 7230: </a> Multitude, abundance, greatness of your iniquities עֲוֺנֶ֗יךָ (‘ă·wō·ne·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity and the dishonesty בְּעֶ֙וֶל֙ (bə·‘e·wel) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5766.htm">Strong's 5766: </a> Injustice, unrighteousness of your trading רְכֻלָּ֣תְךָ֔ (rə·ḵul·lā·ṯə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7404.htm">Strong's 7404: </a> Traffic, merchandise you have profaned חִלַּ֖לְתָּ (ḥil·lal·tā) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play your sanctuaries. מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑יךָ (miq·dā·še·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4720.htm">Strong's 4720: </a> A consecrated thing, place, a palace, sanctuary, asylum So I made fire אֵ֤שׁ (’êš) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> A fire come וָֽאוֹצִא־ (wā·’ō·w·ṣi-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim from within you, מִתּֽוֹכְךָ֙ (mit·tō·wḵ·ḵā) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> A bisection, the centre and it הִ֣יא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are consumed you. אֲכָלַ֔תְךָ (’ă·ḵā·laṯ·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat I reduced וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֤ (wā·’et·ten·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set you to ashes לְאֵ֙פֶר֙ (lə·’ê·p̄er) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_665.htm">Strong's 665: </a> Ashes on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the ground הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land in the eyes לְעֵינֵ֖י (lə·‘ê·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - cdc <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain of all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every who saw you. רֹאֶֽיךָ׃ (rō·’e·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Ezekiel 28:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Ezekiel 28:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Ezekiel 28:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Ezekiel 28:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Ezekiel 28:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Ezekiel 28:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Ezekiel 28:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Ezekiel 28:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Ezekiel 28:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Ezekiel 28:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-18.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 28:18 By the multitude of your iniquities (Ezek. 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