What do you think of Ezekiel 28:12-17? What is meant by this?

Ezekiel 28:12 KJV
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

let's define "Tyrus" in the lexicon strong's concordance; H6865
Outline of Biblical Usage [?]
Tyre or Tyrus = "a rock"
the Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast

Ezekiel 28:13 KJV
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

let's define "stone" in the lexicon strong's concordance; H68
Outline of Biblical Usage [?]
stone (large or small)
common stone (in natural state)
stone, as material
of tablets
marble, hewn stones
precious stones, stones of fire
stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon
weight
plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal
stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice
sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines
(simile)
sinking in water, motionlessness
strength, firmness, solidity
commonness
(metaph)
petrified with terror
perverse, hard heart

Ezekiel 28:14 KJV
Thou [art] the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee [so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

let's define "cherub" in the lexicon strong's concordance ; H3742
Outline of Biblical Usage [?]
cherub, cherubim (pl)
an angelic being
as guardians of Eden
as flanking God's throne
as an image form hovering over the Ark of the Covenant
as the chariot of Jehovah (fig.)


Ezekiel 28:15 KJV
Thou [wast] perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

Ezekiel 28:16 KJV
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.

Eze 28:17 — Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

scripture cross-references to "Eze 28:17"

heart - Eze 28:2,5; Eze 16:14,15; Eze 31:10; Pro 11:2; Pro 16:18; Luk 14:11; Jas 4:6
thou hast - Isa 19:11-13; Jer 8:9; Rom 1:22-25; 1Co 1:19-21
I will cast - Job 40:11,12; Psa 73:18; Psa 147:6
I will lay - Eze 16:41; Eze 23:48; Eze 32:10; Isa 14:9-11

Ex.
Matthew 16:23 KJV
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

The spirit of man is the governor of the man, if governor is not God they are all created beings

a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men
the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest angels and equal to God, the divine nature of Christ
the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one

References:

https://www.blueletterbible.org
Lexicon/Strong’s Concordance
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