Ezekiel 28:15

The king had conducted himself blamelessly from his earliest days until he lifted himself up in pride.

Some interpreters believed that the Old Testament speaks of the fall of Satan in Isaiah 14:12-17 as well as in this passage. [Note: E.g., Paul P. Enns, Ezekiel, p. 131, and W. A. Criswell, Expository Sermons on the Book of Ezekiel, p. 149.] Cooper charted the similarities between these two passages. [Note: Cooper, pp. 269-70.] I think that neither Ezekiel 28:11-19 nor Isaiah 14 contains information about Satan before the Fall. The main reason for this conclusion, among others, is that in both cases a king (of Tyre or Babylon) is the object of the prophecy. A literal interpretation of these "kings" is possible and, therefore, preferable.