Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me: 'Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God: You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty, transitioning from condemnation of the prince to a separate lament over the king, introducing mythological and Edenic language to characterize the king's original state. The 'seal of perfection' suggests that the king embodied completeness and flawlessness, while 'full of wisdom and perfect in beauty' echoes the description of Tyre as a ship (27:3). This language suggests that the king was created or set in a state of idealized perfection.

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