The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 28:16
Sin and destruction. No doubt the inspired prophet of the Lord saw in the fate of Tyro what was not discernible to worldly and enlightened minds. These would look for political causes and motives and consequences in the rise and fall of states. But Ezekiel saw below the surface. He knew that there was Divine action in and beneath the action of Tyre's enemies; and that there were reasons only recognizable by a reflecting and religious man for the awful disasters which he was commissioned to... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 28:15
The innocence of early days. I. THERE IS AN INNOCENCE OF EARLY DAYS . 1. In the race . The Bible represents Adam and Eve as commencing life in primitive innocence. However we may interpret the narrative in Genesis-as literal history or as allegory—if we attach any inspired authority to it we must see that it points back to a time when man lived in childlike innocence and ignorance of evil. 2. In the nation . Even Tyre, wicked, corrupt Tyre, had once known... read more