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will cent thee as profane out of the mountainof God: and I will destroy thee, O coveringcherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.—By their multitudinous trading in mixeddoctrines (merchandise) "for revenue only" thyadherents, demons and clergy, have filled thyfollowing with violence and warfare; and thouhast sinned unto death. Therefore I will cast theeas polluted out of the Kingdom of God (A318);and I will destroy thee from amongst My holyangels.Ezekiel 28:17.Thine heart was lifted up because of thybeauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom byreason of thy brightness; I will cast thee to theground, I will lay thee before kings, that theymay behold thee.— Thou becamest proudbecause of thine endowment of beauteouscharacter. Thou hast corrupted thy wisdom byreason of thy conceited teaching of counterfeitwisdom (brightness); I will humble thee to thedust, and expose thy real character.Ezekiel 28:18.Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by themultitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity ofthy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a firefrom the midst of thee, it shall devour thee,and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earthin the sight of all them that behold thee.—Thou hast defiled the churches of Christendomby thine iniquitous doctrines and the teaching ofthem. Therefore I will utterly destroy thee withannihilation, and thy following with anarchy, inthe sight of all that behold thee, in Heaven andon earth.FM503Ezekiel 28:19.All they that know thee among the peopleshall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be aterror, and never shalt thou be any more.—All shall marvel at thy destruction; thou shallbecome wasted, devastated (a terror), and nevershalt thou exist any more.