Daily Devotions
Ezekiel
"The multitude of your iniquities"
Text: Ezekiel 28:18
THE INIQUITIES OF TYRE
Tyre was adjudged guilty of many sins. These were sins that had become part and parcel of the identity of Tyre as a nation.
“You defiled your sanctuaries
By the multitude of your iniquities,
By the iniquity of your trading;
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.
All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you;
You have become a horror,
And shall be no more forever.”
Ezekiel 28:18-19
1. Tyre was also famous for its temples.
a) They were called “A Holy Island” by many merchants.
b) They had temples built for different deities.
c) The sole reason for erecting the temple was for profit not worship.
d) Thus, they defiled their sanctuaries.
2. Iniquities of Tyre.
a) There was much evil afoot.
b) There was evil even in their trading practices.
c) Things which would be considered iniquity:
i) False scales
ii) Cheating
iii) Extortion
iv) Slave trading
d) These were practised by Tyre everywhere.
3. God’s judgment.
a) God brought fire from the Babylonians.
b) Fire brought great destruction.
c) Tyre was reduced to ashes.
d) The nations that traded with Tyre.
i) They were astonished at the fall of Tyre.
ii) The destruction of Tyre was decisive and final.
iii) All looked at the fall of Tyre with horror.