Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Ver. 13. Thou hast been in Eden.] As a bird of paradise, or as a tree growing there - a
“ γαγενημενον εκ Dιος ερνος .” - Hom.
Thou art equal to Adam in the state of innocence; and thy Tyre is no whit inferior to the garden of God.
“ Flores in pratis fragrant, et purpura campis:
Gemma coloratis fulget speciosa lapillis. ”
Every precious stone was thy covering. ] Not thy diadem only was decked with them, as the Pope's triple crown is at this day with gems of greatest value, but thy royal robe - not inferior, haply, to that of Demetrius, king of Macedonia, which none of his successors would wear propter invidiosam impendii magnificentiam, it was so extreme stately and costly - yea, thy pantofies possibly, as Dioclesian's the emperor holding forth his feet to be kissed, as doth also the Pope at this day, who hath the cross in precious stones set upon his pantofle, to the great reproach of Christianity.
The sardius, topaz, and the diamond.] Nine of those rich stones that were set in the high priest's rationale or breastplate. See on Ezekiel 28:2 .
The workmanship of thy tabrets.] At thy birth, and at thine inauguration, there was great mirth made, concrepantibus tympanis, tibiis et tubis. What a deal of joy and jollity was there lately expressed in many places for the birth of the prince of Spain.
a φυτον ουρανιον. - Plato.