Ezekiel 28:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

merchandise. traffic, or going about, as in Ezekiel 28:18. Hence it meant calumniator (slanderer), in. moral sense.

hast sinned. didst sin. sinned. Hebrew. chata '. App-44.

I will cast, he.. I cast thee as profane. Literally. profaned thee.

the mountain of God. This Hebrew expression (har ha'elohim) occurs seven times (28, 13.Exodus 3:1; Exodus 4:2 ;; Ezekiel 18:5; Ezekiel 24:13; 1 Kings 19:8; Psalms 68:15). The Massorah gives these to distinguish it from has Jehovah, which also occurs seven times (Genesis 22:14.Numbers 10:33.Psalms 24:3.Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 30:29; Micah 4:2.Zechariah 8:3; Zechariah 8:3).

covering cherub. See note on Ezekiel 28:14.

from. Contrast this "from" with "in" in Ezekiel 28:14. and see the Structure on p. 1145.

Ezekiel 28:16

16 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.