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…

Defiled your sanctuaries.— These are not to be understood so much as the actual temples of Tyre, but rather as the ideal “holy mou…

You have defiled your sanctuaries by the multitude of your
iniquities
Or, "your palac…

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…