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  1. Pride, Theology, Politics.<\/em> Ezekiel accuses Tyre of overweening pride, perhaps because of its stubborn survival in the face of the Babylonian siege (it remained undefeated for 13 years). If Babylonia is God\u2019s messenger, then Tyre\u2019s struggle is a fight against God Himself – and that is arrogant.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Dan\u2019el – reprise.<\/em> In verse 3, the prince of Tyre is described as wiser than Dan\u2019el – the exemplary sage from Canaanite mythology. 14 chapters ago (Ezek. 14 – <\/span>see e.g. here<\/span><\/a>) we met Dan\u2019el as an example of an outstanding righteous man (together with Noah and Job). There, like here, the vocalized version (\u201ckri\u201d) is Daniel, and not Dan\u2019el, probably because of the Jewish figure in the book of Daniel.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. The Garden of Eden<\/em>. The prophecy about the cherub who was banished from the Garden (verses 14-16) is similar to, and also different from the familiar Garden of Eden story from Genesis chapter 3. Commentators and scholars have various answers to the question: what\u2019s the connection between the two – if at all?<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Beauty queen.<\/em> That\u2019s Tyre. Already in the last chapter Tyre was described in glowing terms as a beautiful ship. In this chapter, in a description where her king is in the Garden of Eden, sparkling with precious stones, she is conclusively crowned as the divine and perfect beauty queen (temporarily of course).<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Horror chorus.<\/em> In verse 19, there appears a verse that is repeated in the prophecies regarding Tyre, and which appeared in the previous two chapters: \u201cYou have become a horror And have ceased to be, forever.\u201d This isn\u2019t the only literary connection between the medleys of prophecies. 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