* EZEKIEL 28

God's judgment upon the prince
of Tyrus for his sacreligious
pride. A lamentation of his great
glory corrupted by sin....

12 Son of man, take up a lament-
ation upon the King of Tyrus, and
say unto him, Thus saith the Lord
God; Thou sealest up the sum, full
of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

13 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 for thee
in the day that thou wast created.

14 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.

15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from
the day that thou wast created, till
iniquity was found in thee.

16 By the multitude of thy merchan-
dise 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....

This portion is said to refer to the
king or prince of Tyre, one of the
wealthiest nations of biblical times,
in the role of the Fallen One, Satan.