Ezekiel mocks Tyre’s claim to great age and importance. He describes the king as if he had been in Eden at the beginning of the world. He presents him as a powerful angelic guardian. These heavenly beings carried the Lord’s throne in Ezekiel 1 and guarding the garden in Genesis 3.
In this picture, the king had access to the holy mountain of God. In the Bible, mountains are often linked with God’s presence.
The fiery stones may refer to shining gemstones around the garden of Eden. The list of jewels that the prince of Tyre supposedly wore adds to this image. It suggests he was specially chosen. The list includes nine of the twelve stones on the high priest’s breastplate in Exodus 28.
This description mocks the prince’s claim. It suggests that he believed he had a place even higher than Adam’s. He claimed a place among the divine beings themselves.