Ezekiel 28 · Verse 18

Ezekiel 28:18

Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
Ezekiel 28:18, King James Version

Ezekiel 28:18 in other translations

BSBBy the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.
WEBBy the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your commerce, you have profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought out a fire from the middle of you. It has devoured you. I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you.
ASVBy the multitude of thine iniquities, in the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of thee; it hath devoured thee, and I have turned thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
YLTFrom the abundance of thy iniquity, By the perversity of thy traffic, Thou hast polluted thy sanctuaries, And I bring forth fire from thy midst, It hath devoured thee, And I make thee become ashes on the earth, Before the eyes of all beholding thee.
DARBYBy the multitude of thine iniquities, by the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries: and I have brought forth a fire out of the midst of thee — it hath consumed thee; and I have brought thee to ashes upon the earth, in the sight of all them that behold thee.
BBEBy all your sin, even by your evil trading, you have made your holy places unclean; so I will make a fire come out from you, it will make a meal of you, and I will make you as dust on the earth before the eyes of all who see you.
WebsterThou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thy iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

What does Ezekiel 28:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. thy sanctuaries--that is, the holy places, attributed to the king of Tyre in Eze 28:14, as his ideal position. As he "profaned" it, so God will "profane" him (Eze 28:16). fire ... devour--As he abused his supposed elevation amidst "the stones of fire" (Eze 28:16), so God will make His "fire" to "devour" him.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries - Irony continued. As God, as the angels, as the cherubim, thou must have had thy sanctuaries; but thou hast defiled them: and as Adam, thou hast polluted thy Eden, and hast been expelled from Paradise.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 28:1-19

The sentence against the prince or king of Tyre. (Ezek 28:1-19) The fall of Zidon. (Ezek 28:20-23) The restoration of Israel. (Ezek 28:24-26) Verses 1-19 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 sin of our fallen nature. Nor can any wisdom, except that which the Lord gives, lead to happiness in this world or in…

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 28:1-19 →

Ezekiel 28:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מֵרֹ֣בme.Rofrom [the] greatness ofH7230
עֲוֹנֶ֗יךָ'a.vo.Nei.khainiquities yourH5771
בְּעֶ֙וֶל֙be.'E.velby [the] unrighteousness ofH5766
רְכֻלָּ֣תְךָ֔re.khu.La.te.khatrading yourH7404
חִלַּ֖לְתָּchi.Lal.tayou profanedH2490
מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑יךָmik.da.Shei.chasanctuaries yourH4720
וָֽאוֹצִא\־va.'o.tzi'-and I brought outH3318
אֵ֤שׁ'eshfireH784
מִתּֽוֹכְךָ֙mi.tokh.Khafrom [the] midst of youH8432
הִ֣יאhi'itH1931
אֲכָלַ֔תְךָ'a.kha.Lat.khait consumed youH398
וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֤va.'e.ten.Khaand I made youH5414
לְאֵ֙פֶר֙le.'E.ferinto ash[es]H665
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe groundH776
לְעֵינֵ֖יle.'ei.Neito [the] eyes ofH5869
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
רֹאֶֽיךָ\׃ro.'Ei.kha[those who] saw youH7200

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Cross references for Ezekiel 28:18

  • Malachi 4:3

    And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Revelation 18:8

    Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

  • Amos 1:9-10

    Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.

  • Ezekiel 28:16

    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.

  • Ezekiel 28:2

    Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

  • Amos 2:2

    But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

  • Amos 1:14

    But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

  • Mark 8:36

    For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

  • Amos 2:5

    But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

  • 2 Peter 2:6

    And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

  • Ezekiel 28:13-14

    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. 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.

  • Judges 9:20

    But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

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defiled.
2,13,14,16
by the iniquity.
Mr 8:36
therefore.
5:4; Jud 9:15,20; Am 1:9,10,14; 2:2,5; Re 18:8
I will bring.
Mal 4:3; 2Pe 2:6

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Context

  • Ezekiel 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.

  • Ezekiel 28:18

    Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

  • Ezekiel 28:19

    All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

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Ezekiel 28:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Con la multitud de tus maldades, y con la iniquidad de tu contratación ensuciaste tu santuario: yo pues saqué fuego de en medio de ti, el cual te consumió, y púsete en ceniza sobre la tierra á los ojos de todos los que te miran.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Par la multitude de tes iniquités, par l’injustice de ton trafic, tu as profané tes sanctuaires; et j’ai fait sortir un feu du milieu de toi: il t’a dévoré, et je t’ai réduit en cendre sur la terre, aux yeux de tous ceux qui te voient.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Durch die Menge deiner Missetaten, in der Unrechtlichkeit deines Handels, hast du deine Heiligtümer entweiht; darum habe ich aus deinem Innern ein Feuer ausgehen lassen, welches dich verzehrt hat, und ich habe dich zu Asche gemacht auf der Erde vor den Augen aller derer, die dich sehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In multitudine iniquitatum tuarum, et iniquitate negotiationis tuæ, polluisti sanctificationem tuam: producam ergo ignem de medio tui, qui comedat te, et dabo te in cinerem super terram, in conspectu omnium videntium te.