Ezekiel 27:13-24

13 “ ‘Greece, Tubal and Meshek did business with you; they traded human beings and articles of bronze for your wares.

14 “ ‘Men of Beth Togarmah exchanged chariot horses, cavalry horses and mules for your merchandise.

15 “ ‘The men of Rhodes^[a] traded with you, and many coastlands were your customers; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.

16 “ ‘Aram^[b] did business with you because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple fabric, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies for your merchandise.

17 “ ‘Judah and Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith and confections,^[c] honey, olive oil and balm for your wares.

18 “ ‘Damascus did business with you because of your many products and great wealth of goods. They offered wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar

19 and casks of wine from Izal in exchange for your wares: wrought iron, cassia and calamus.

20 “ ‘Dedan traded in saddle blankets with you.

21 “ ‘Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers; they did business with you in lambs, rams and goats.

22 “ ‘The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your merchandise they exchanged the finest of all kinds of spices and precious stones, and gold.

23 “ ‘Harran, Kanneh and Eden and merchants of Sheba, Ashur and Kilmad traded with you.

24 In your marketplace they traded with you beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered work and multicolored rugs with cords twisted and tightly knotted.

Ezekiel 27:13-24 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.

Cross References

• 1. Joel 3:6
• 2. Genesis 10:2; Isaiah 66:19; Ezekiel 32:26; Ezekiel 38:2; Ezekiel 39:1
• 3. Revelation 18:13
• 4. S Genesis 10:3; Ezekiel 38:6
• 5. S Genesis 10:7
• 6. S Jeremiah 25:22
• 7. 1 Kings 10:22; Revelation 18:12
• 8. Judges 10:6; Isaiah 7:1-8
• 9. Exodus 28:18; Exodus 39:11; Ezekiel 28:13
• 10. S Ezekiel 16:10
• 11. Job 28:18
• 12. S 1 Kings 5:9
• 13. Judges 11:33
• 14. S Genesis 43:11
• 15. Acts 12:20
• 16. S Genesis 14:15; Ezekiel 47:16-18
• 17. S ver 12
• 18. S Genesis 10:2
• 19. Genesis 10:27
• 20. S Exodus 30:24
• 21. S Genesis 10:7
• 22. S 2 Chronicles 9:14
• 23. S Genesis 25:13; Isaiah 21:17; Isaiah 60:7
• 24. S Genesis 10:7,28; 1 Kings 10:1-2; Isaiah 60:6
• 25. S Genesis 43:11
• 26. Revelation 18:12
• 27. S Genesis 11:26; 2 Kings 19:12
• 28. S Isaiah 37:12
• 29. S Genesis 10:22; S Numbers 24:24

Footnotes

• [a]. Septuagint; Hebrew "Dedan"
• [b]. Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac "Edom"
• [c]. The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.