Ezekiel 27:5-15

5 "They have made all your planks of fir trees from ¹Senir; They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

6 "Of ²oaks from ³Bashan they have made your oars; With ivory they have inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of ⁴Cyprus.

7 "Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt So that it became your distinguishing mark; Your awning was ⁵blue and purple from the coastlands of ⁶Elishah.

8 "The inhabitants of Sidon and ⁷Arvad were your rowers; Your ⁸wise men, O Tyre, were aboard; they were your pilots.

9 "The elders of ⁹Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your seams; All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise.

10 "¹⁰Persia and ¹¹Lud and ¹²Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you; they set forth your splendor.

11 "The sons of Arvad and your army were on your walls, all around, and the Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

12 "Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin and lead they paid for your wares.

13 "¹³Javan, ¹⁴Tubal and ¹⁵Meshech, they were your traders; with the ¹⁶lives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.

14 "Those from ¹⁷Beth-togarmah * gave horses and war horses and mules for your wares.

15 "The sons of ¹⁸Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were your market; ¹⁹ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment.

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Ezekiel 27:5-15 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 19

1. Deuteronomy 3:9; 1 Chronicles 5:23; Song of Songs 4:8
2. Isaiah 2:13; Zechariah 11:2
3. Numbers 21:33; Isaiah 2:13; Jeremiah 22:20
4. Genesis 10:4; Isaiah 23:1, 12; Jeremiah 2:10
5. Exodus 25:4; Jeremiah 10:9
6. Genesis 10:4
7. Genesis 10:18; 1 Chronicles 1:16; Ezekiel 27:11
8. 1 Kings 9:27
9. Joshua 13:5; 1 Kings 5:18
10. Ezekiel 30:5; Ezekiel 38:5
11. Ezekiel 30:5; Ezekiel 38:5
12. Ezekiel 30:5; Ezekiel 38:5
13. Genesis 10:2; Isaiah 66:19; Ezekiel 27:19
14. Genesis 10:2; Isaiah 66:19; Ezekiel 27:19
15. Genesis 10:2; Ezekiel 38:2; Ezekiel 39:1
16. Joel 3:3; Revelation 18:13
17. Genesis 10:3; Ezekiel 38:6
18. Jeremiah 25:23; Ezekiel 25:13; Ezekiel 27:20
19. 1 Kings 10:22; Revelation 18:12

Footnotes 8

[a]. Lit "built"
[b]. Lit "made"
[c]. Or "standard"
[d]. Lit "covering"
[e]. Or "violet"
[f]. Lit "in you"
[g]. Or "valorous ones"
[h]. Lit "the market of your hand"

Ezekiel 27:5-15

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Ezekiel 27:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 27

Cross References 19

Footnotes 8