Ezekiel 28:7

“Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers upon thee, &c.] The Chaldean army, who not only lived at a distance from Tyre, but were unknown to them, not trading with them; nor are they mentioned among the merchants of Tyre: these, in the mystical sense, may design the angels that shall pour out the vials on the antichristian states, the kings of Protestant nations: the terrible of the nations; as the Babylonians were, very formidable to the world, having conquered many countries, and their armies consisting of men of all nations, mighty, courageous, and expert in war; and alike formidable will the Protestant princes be to the antichristian powers, when they shall with their united strength…”

“therefore--apodosis. strangers . . . terrible of the nations--the Chaldean foreigners noted for their ferocity (Eze 30:11; Eze 31:12). against the beauty of thy wisdom--that is, against thy beautiful possessions acquired by thy wisdom on which thou pridest thyself (Eze 28:3-5). defile thy brightness--obscure the brightness of thy kingdom.”

“The prophecy against the prince of Tyre. Throughout the east the majesty and glory of a people were collected in the person of their monarch, who in some nations was worshipped as a god. The prince is here the embodiment of the community. Their glory is his glory, their pride his pride. The doom of Tyre could not be complete without denunciation of the prince of Tyre. Idolatrous nations and idolatrous kings were, in the eyes of the prophet, antagonists to the true God. In them was embodied the principle of evil opposing itself to the divine government of the world. Hence, some of the fathers saw upon the throne, not simply a hostile monarch, but “the Prince of this world, spiritual…”

“The beauty - Those beautiful things, in which thy wisdom appeared. Ezekiel 28:10”

“I will: Eze 26:7-14; Isa 23:8, Isa 23:9; Amo 3:6 the terrible: Eze 30:11, Eze 31:12, Eze 32:12; Deu 28:49, Deu 28:50; Isa 25:3, Isa 25:4; Dan 7:7; Hab 1:6-8 defile: Eze 28:15-17 Ezekiel 28:8”