Ezekiel 28:14 meaning and explanation

You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.

Ezekiel 28:14, Berean Standard Bible

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Ezekiel is told to take up a lament over the king of Tyre, and here the prophet pictures him as a guardian cherub, an exalted attendant close to God. The Hebrew word for guardian suggests one who covers or protects.

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