The Chosen Key Word in this Chapter is “Wisdom” it comes from the Hebrew Word “chokmah” which means “wisdom.”
Ezekiel confronts Tyre’s proud ruler with language echoing the original fall from Eden. Welcome to Bible Life Basics Chapter Reviews, I am Chris and this is Ezekiel 28.
Ezekiel is instructed to say to the prince of Tyrus, that because his heart is lifted up, and he has said, “I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas,” yet he is a man, and not God, though he sets his heart as the heart of God, describing how he is wiser than Daniel, there is no secret that they can hide from him, with his “wisdom,” “chokmah” in Hebrew, and with his understanding he has gotten him riches, and gold and silver into his treasures. Ezekiel describes how by his great wisdom and by his traffick he has increased his riches, and his heart is lifted up because of his riches, therefore strangers, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought against him, and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of his wisdom, and they shall defile his brightness, they shall bring him down to the pit, and he shall die the deaths of those who are slain in the midst of the seas. Ezekiel delivers a remarkable lament, describing him as having been in Eden the garden of God, every precious stone being his covering, he was the anointed cherub who covers, and he was upon the holy mountain of God, he walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire, he was perfect in his ways from the day he was created, till iniquity was found in him, describing how by the multitude of his merchandise they have filled the midst of him with violence, and he has sinned, therefore He will cast him as profane out of the mountain of God, and will destroy him, closing with brief judgments against Zidon as well, and a beautiful promise that the house of Israel shall no more have a pricking brier, nor any grieving thorn of all who are round about them, that despised them, and they shall dwell safely, this remarkable chapter’s language, describing Tyre’s king in terms echoing Eden and a fallen cherub, offering Christian tradition rich imagery later applied to understanding pride’s ultimate, cosmic origin.
Ezekiel’s remarkable description of Tyre’s prince, once perfect in Eden before iniquity was found in him, uses imagery echoing the original fall to illustrate how prideful self-deification represents humanity’s oldest, most fundamental temptation repeating itself throughout history. This chapter’s closing promise, that Israel would no longer face pricking briers from hostile neighbors, offers genuine hope for lasting peace following such extensive judgment against persistently opportunistic surrounding nations.
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