Ezekiel 27:28

28 The countryside shakes at the sound of your sailors' cries.^[a]

Ezekiel 27:28 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 27:28

The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy
pilots.
] Or governors, as the Targum; and so the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions: the allegory of a ship wrecked is still continued: the sense is, that such should be the cry of the principal men of the city when it should be taken, that the noise of it would be heard upon the continent, and in the towns and villages belonging to Tyre, which would make the inhabitants of them tremble: or, at the sound of the cry of thy pilots the waves are moved,
or "tremble" ^F7; which beat very strong at the time of her fall into the sea.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (twvrgm wvery) "commoti sunt fluctus jactni", Junius & Tremellius; "contremiscent fluctus", Piscator.

Ezekiel 27:28 In-Context

26 Your rowers have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind has shattered you in the heart of the sea.

27 Your wealth, merchandise, and goods, your sailors and helmsmen, those who repair your leaks, those who barter for your goods, and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.

28 The countryside shakes at the sound of your sailors' cries.

29 All those who handle an oar disembark from their ships. The sailors and all the helmsmen of the sea stand on the shore.

30 They raise their voices over you and cry out bitterly. They throw dust on their heads; they roll in ashes.

Footnotes

• [a]. Ezk 26:10,15