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Ezekiel 27:17-27

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17 "Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of 1Minnith, cakes, honey, oil and balm they paid for your merchandise.
18 "2Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool.
19 "Vedan and Javan paid for your wares from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise.
20 "3Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.
21 "4Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were your customers for 5lambs, rams and goats; for these they were your customers.
22 "The traders of 6Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of 7spices, and with all kinds of precious stones and gold.
23 "Haran, Canneh, 8Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you.
24 "They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.
25 "The 9ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your merchandise. And you were filled and were very glorious In the heart of the seas.
26 "Your rowers have brought you Into 10great waters; The 11east wind has broken you In the heart of the seas.
27 "Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise, Your sailors and your pilots, Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise And all your men of war who are in you, With all your company that is in your midst, Will fall into the heart of the seas On the day of your overthrow.
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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

Cross References 11

  • 1. Judges 11:33
  • 2. Genesis 14:15; Isaiah 7:8; Jeremiah 49:23; Ezekiel 47:16-18
  • 3. Genesis 25:3
  • 4. Isaiah 21:13
  • 5. Isaiah 60:7
  • 6. Genesis 10:7; Isaiah 60:6; Ezekiel 38:13
  • 7. Genesis 43:11; 1 Kings 10:2
  • 8. 2 Kings 19:12; Isaiah 37:12; Amos 1:5
  • 9. Isaiah 2:16
  • 10. Ezekiel 26:19
  • 11. Psalms 48:7; Jeremiah 18:17; Acts 27:14

Footnotes 8

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