Ezekiel 28 — The Fall of Tyre

“Therefore I cast you as profane out of the mountain of The Almighty;

I destroyed you, O covering cherub,

from the midst of the fiery stones.

Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.

I cast you to the ground,

I laid you before kings, that they might gaze at you.”

This is the prototype of ha-śāṭān’s fall — pride turning the created guardian into an adversary.

“You defiled your sanctuaries by the multitude of your iniquities,

by the iniquity of your commerce;

therefore I brought fire from your midst; it devoured you,

and I turned you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all who saw you.”

The fire “from within” is self-destruction — sin consuming its own source.

The one who trafficked in riches becomes merchandise for judgment.

“All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you;

you have become a horror, and shall be no more forever.”