The dirge of the prince of Tyre, answering to the dirge of the state. The passage is ironical; its main purpose is to depict all the glory, real or…

Thou art the anointed cherub.— The tense is not expressed in the Hebrew, and it is better to supply the same simple past as is use…

You are the anointed cherub that covers

In allusion to the cherubim over the mercy seat, which covered it with the…

Ethbaal, or Ithobal, was the prince or king of Tyre; and being lifted up with excessive pride, he claimed divine honours. Pride is peculiarly the s…