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Ezekiel 27:17-27

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17 Judah and the land of Israel were your merchants. They exchanged wheat from Minnith,[a] meal,[b] honey, oil, and balm for your goods.
18 Damascus was also your trading partner because of your numerous products and your great wealth of every kind, [trading] in wine from Helbon and white wool.[c]
19 Vedan[d] and Javan from Uzal[e][f]dealt in your merchandise; wrought iron, cassia,[g] and aromatic cane were [exchanged] for your goods.
20 Dedan[h] was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.
21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your business[i] partners, trading with you in lambs, rams, and goats.
22 The merchants of Sheba[j] and Raamah traded with you. They exchanged gold, the best of all spices, and all kinds of precious stones for your merchandise.[k]
23 Haran, Canneh, Eden,[l] the merchants of Sheba, Asshur,[m] and Chilmad traded with you.
24 They were your merchants in choice garments, cloaks of blue and embroidered materials, and multicolored carpets,[n] which were bound and secured with cords in your marketplace.
25 Ships of Tarshish[o] were the carriers for your goods. So you became full and heavily loaded[p] in the heart of the sea.
26 Your rowers have brought you onto the high seas,[q] 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,[r] sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.
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Ezekiel 27:17-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 27

This chapter contains a lamentation on Tyre; setting forth her former grandeur, riches, and commerce; her ruin and destruction; and the concern of others on that account. The prophet is bid to take up his lamentation concerning it, Eze 27:1,2, observing her situation and magnificence, of which she boasted, Eze 27:3,4, describing the excellency of her shipping and naval stores, Eze 27:5-7, declaring who were her mariners, pilots, and caulkers, Eze 27:8,9, her military men, Eze 27:10,11 her several merchants, and the things they traded in with her in her fairs and markets, Eze 27:12-25, then follows an account of her destruction, Eze 27:26,27, the lamentation of pilots and mariners because of it, Eze 27:28-32, and of the kings and inhabitants of the isles, and merchants of the people, Eze 27:33-36.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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