THEOSISEphraem the Syrian
You were without fault in your days, but as a result of your numerous acquisitions, your greed caused you to fall into sin.
Ezekiel 28:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day of thy creation, until iniquity was found in thee.
תָּמִ֤ים אַתָּה֙ בִּדְרָכֶ֔יךָ מִיּ֖וֹם הִבָּֽרְאָ֑ךְ עַד־נִמְצָ֥א עַוְלָ֖תָה בָּֽךְ׃
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Theodoret of Cyrus
You walked in righteousness throughout your life, from the time of your creation until iniquity was discovered within you. This reflects the state of the devil before his downfall. Concerning humanity, it is stated, “No man is clean from filthiness, though he live one day on the earth” (Job 14:6). The devil, being a spiritual being, was initially without fault; however, as he allowed the desire for evil to take root within him, he chose a path of rebellion.
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Pet 2:4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but delivered them, drawn down by infernal ropes to the lower hell, unto torments, to be reserved unto judgment:
- Gen 1:26And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth.
- Gen 1:27And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.
- Ezek 28:17And thy heart was lifted up with thy beauty: thou hast lost thy wisdom in thy beauty, I have cast thee to the ground: I have set thee before the face of kings, that they might behold thee.
- Ezek 28:18Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thy iniquities, and by the iniquity of thy traffic: therefore I will bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, to devour thee, and I will make thee as ashes upon the earth in the sight of all that see thee.
- Rom 7:9And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived,
- Ezek 28:12And say to him: Thus saith the Lord God: Thou wast the seal of resemblance, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
- Ezek 27:3And say to Tyre that dwelleth at the entry of the sea, being the mart of the people for many islands: Thus saith the Lord God: O Tyre, thou hast said: I am of perfect beauty,