Ezekiel 27:1-9

1 The Lord said to me,

2 "Mortal man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,

3 that city which stands at the edge of the sea and does business with the people living on every seacoast. Tell her what the Sovereign Lord is saying: "Tyre, you boasted of your perfect beauty.

4 Your home is the sea. Your builders made you like a beautiful ship;

5 They used fir trees from Mount Hermon for timber And a cedar from Lebanon for your mast.

6 They took oak trees from Bashan to make oars; They made your deck out of pine from Cyprus And inlaid it with ivory.

7 Your sails were made of linen, Embroidered linen from Egypt, Easily recognized from afar. Your awnings were made of finest cloth, Of purple from the island of Cyprus.

8 Your oarsmen were from the cities of Sidon and Arvad. Your own skillful men were the sailors.

9 The ship's carpenters Were well-trained men from Byblos. Sailors from every seagoing ship Did business in your shops.

Ezekiel 27:1-9 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.