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You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.
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A Tragic Parallel to Adam
Scholars frequently compare the king of Tyre's story to Adam's fall. He was created 'perfect,' enjoying a state of immense blessing and prosperity, similar to Adam in Eden. However, as commentator Charles Ellicott notes, this perfection was conditional. When pride and unrighteousness corrupted his heart, he was cast down, illustrating the universal principle that sin leads to a fall from a state of grace.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
Till iniquity was found in thee.— This and the following verse renew still more clearly the comparison with Adam. The kin…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created From the time that T…
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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…
