14. anointed cherub —GESENIUS translates from an Aramaic root, "extended cherub." English Version, from a Hebrew root, is better. "The cherub consecrated to the Lord by the anointing oil" [FAIRBAIRN]. covereth —The imagery employed by Ezekiel as a priest is from the Jewish temple, wherein the cherubim overshadowed the mercy seat, as the king of Tyre, a demi-god in his own esteem, extended his protection over the interests of Tyre. The cherub—an ideal compound of the highest kinds of animal existence and the type of redeemed man in his ultimate state of perfection—is made the image of the king of Tyre, as if the beau ideal of humanity. The pretensions of Antichrist are the ulterior reference, of whom the king of Tyre is a type. Compare "As God . . . in the temple of God" ( :- ). I have set thee —not thou set thyself ( Proverbs 8:16 ; Romans 13:1 ). upon the holy mountain of God —Zion, following up the image. in . . . midst of . . . stones of fire —In ambitious imagination he stood in the place of God, "under whose feet was, as it were, a pavement of sapphire," while His glory was like "devouring fire" ( Exodus 24:10 ; Exodus 24:17 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-15" class="com-number"
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