uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

The words “you” and “your” in these verses refer to the king of Tyre.

Connecting Statement:

Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to the king of Tyre.

(Occurrence 0) great trade

(Some words not found in UHB: in,the_abundance_of your_trade_of,your filled of_you_of,the_middle violence/cruelty and,you_sinned and,I,profaned_you from=hill ʼElohīm and,I,destroyed_you cherub [which],covers from_[the],middle_of stones_of fire )

Alternate translation: [large volume of trade]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) you were filled with violence

(Some words not found in UHB: in,the_abundance_of your_trade_of,your filled of_you_of,the_middle violence/cruelty and,you_sinned and,I,profaned_you from=hill ʼElohīm and,I,destroyed_you cherub [which],covers from_[the],middle_of stones_of fire )

Yahweh speaks of the king of Tyre as if he were a container that was filled up with violence. The king is a synecdoche for himself and his people If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word violence, you can express the same idea with an adjective such as “violent.” Alternate translation: [you and your people became completely violent] or [you and your people were completely violent] (See also: figs-synecdoche and figs-abstractnouns)

(Occurrence 0) guardian cherub

(Some words not found in UHB: in,the_abundance_of your_trade_of,your filled of_you_of,the_middle violence/cruelty and,you_sinned and,I,profaned_you from=hill ʼElohīm and,I,destroyed_you cherub [which],covers from_[the],middle_of stones_of fire )

Alternate translation: [guarding cherub]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) the fiery stones

(Some words not found in UHB: in,the_abundance_of your_trade_of,your filled of_you_of,the_middle violence/cruelty and,you_sinned and,I,profaned_you from=hill ʼElohīm and,I,destroyed_you cherub [which],covers from_[the],middle_of stones_of fire )

“the stones of fire.” See how you translated this in Ezekiel 28:14. This could mean: (1) a metaphor for the colorful and bright stones mentioned in Ezekiel 28:13 or (2) other fiery stones on the “holy mountain of God.”