Ezekiel 28:13

You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The prophet Ezekiel delivers a divine lament from the Lord GOD to the king of Tyre, immediately after declaring him the seal of perfection full of wisdom and perfect in beauty (Ezekiel 28:12).

The words — The Hebrew phrase בְּעֵדֶן גַּן אֱלֹהִים (be-'Eden gan-'Elohim) translates literally to "in Eden, garden of God," while הָיִיתָ (hayita) means "you were."

The thread — The text locates the addressee in Eden, the garden God planted (Genesis 2:8), and describes a creation fully adorned with precious stones and gold mountings before the subsequent discovery of wickedness (Ezekiel 28:15).

Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to observe the explicit description of former perfection and divine placement before acknowledging the later rupture, grounding the narrative in the stated sequence of creation, adoration, and fall.

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The Hebrew words

בְּעֵ֨דֶןbe./'E.denin/ Eden גַּן־gan-[the] garden of אֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.HimGod הָיִ֗יתָha.Yi.tayou were כָּל־kol-[was] every אֶ֨בֶן'E.venstone יְקָרָ֤הye.ka.Rahprecious מְסֻכָתֶ֙ךָ֙me.su.kha.Te./khacovering/ your אֹ֣דֶם'O.demruby פִּטְדָ֞הpit.Dahtopaz וְיָהֲלֹ֗םve./ya.ha.Lomand/ emerald תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁtar.Shishchrysolite שֹׁ֙הַם֙sho.hamonyx וְיָ֣שְׁפֵ֔הve./Ya.she.Pehand/ jasper סַפִּ֣ירsa.Pirsapphire נֹ֔פֶךְNo.fekhturquoise וּבָרְקַ֖תu./va.re.Katand/ beryl וְזָהָ֑בve./za.Havand/ gold מְלֶ֨אכֶתme.Le.khet[the] workmanship of תֻּפֶּ֤יךָtu.Pei./khatambourines/ your וּנְקָבֶ֙יךָ֙u./ne.ka.Vei./chaand/ settings/ yourבָּ֔ךְBa/khon/ youבְּי֥וֹםbe./Yomon/ [the] day הִבָּרַאֲךָ֖hi.ba.ra.'a./Khaare created/ you כּוֹנָֽנוּ׃ko.Na.nuthey were prepared

King James Version

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 in thee in the day that thou wast created.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 28:15 From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you.
Genesis 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
Ezekiel 27:16 Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.
Isaiah 54:11 “O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
Isaiah 51:3 For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
Genesis 2:11 The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 3:23 Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
Exodus 28:17 And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;
Exodus 39:10 And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;
Isaiah 14:11 Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.