You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the emerald, and gold: the workmanship of your tambourines and of your pipes was in you; in the day that you were created they were prepared.
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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…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Every precious stone.— There is some uncertainty regarding the names of some of these stones (as sardius may be carnelian,
John Gill
JohnGill
You have been in Eden the garden of God. Not only in Eden, but in the garden which was in Eden, and was of the Lord's imm…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes