Ezekiel 28:16
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“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.”
כְּרוּב
Cherubim. Powerful angelic beings who guard the holiness and presence of God. They guarded Eden after the Fall and their images were placed on the Ark of the Covenant.
מָלֵא
people filled
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מָלֵא
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
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חָמָס
violence
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חָמָס
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
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תָּוֶךְ
the middle of/ you
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תָּוֶךְ
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
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רְכֻלָּה
trading/ your
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רְכֻלָּה
trade (as peddled)
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