Ezekiel 27:12-22

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 "1Javan, 2Tubal and 3Meshech, they were your traders; with the 4lives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.
14 "Those from 5Beth-togarmah * gave horses and war horses and mules for your wares.
15 "The sons of 6Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were your market; 7ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment.
16 "8Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods; they paid for your wares with 9emeralds, purple, 10embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies.
17 "Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of 11Minnith, cakes, honey, oil and balm they paid for your merchandise.
18 "12Damascus 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 "13Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.
21 "14Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were your customers for 15lambs, rams and goats; for these they were your customers.
22 "The traders of 16Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of 17spices, and with all kinds of precious stones and gold.

Ezekiel 27:12-22 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 17

  • 1. Genesis 10:2; Isaiah 66:19; Ezekiel 27:19
  • 2. Genesis 10:2; Isaiah 66:19; Ezekiel 27:19
  • 3. Genesis 10:2; Ezekiel 38:2; Ezekiel 39:1
  • 4. Joel 3:3; Revelation 18:13
  • 5. Genesis 10:3; Ezekiel 38:6
  • 6. Jeremiah 25:23; Ezekiel 25:13; Ezekiel 27:20
  • 7. 1 Kings 10:22; Revelation 18:12
  • 8. Judges 10:6; Isaiah 7:1-8; Ezekiel 16:57
  • 9. Ezekiel 28:13
  • 10. Ezekiel 16:13, 18
  • 11. Judges 11:33
  • 12. Genesis 14:15; Isaiah 7:8; Jeremiah 49:23; Ezekiel 47:16-18
  • 13. Genesis 25:3
  • 14. Isaiah 21:13
  • 15. Isaiah 60:7
  • 16. Genesis 10:7; Isaiah 60:6; Ezekiel 38:13
  • 17. Genesis 43:11; 1 Kings 10:2

Footnotes 7

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