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Ezekiel 27:3-27

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3 and say to Tyre, 1who dwells at the entrance to the sea, 2merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.'
4 "Your borders are in the heart of the seas; Your builders have perfected your beauty.
5 "They have made all your planks of fir trees from 3Senir; They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
6 "Of 4oaks from 5Bashan they have made your oars; With ivory they have inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of 6Cyprus.
7 "Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt So that it became your distinguishing mark; Your awning was 7blue and purple from the coastlands of 8Elishah.
8 "The inhabitants of Sidon and 9Arvad were your rowers; Your 10wise men, O Tyre, were aboard; they were your pilots.
9 "The elders of 11Gebal 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 "12Persia and 13Lud and 14Put 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 "15Javan, 16Tubal and 17Meshech, they were your traders; with the 18lives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.
14 "Those from 19Beth-togarmah * gave horses and war horses and mules for your wares.
15 "The sons of 20Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were your market; 21ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment.
16 "22Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods; they paid for your wares with 23emeralds, purple, 24embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies.
17 "Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of 25Minnith, cakes, honey, oil and balm they paid for your merchandise.
18 "26Damascus 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 "27Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.
21 "28Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were your customers for 29lambs, rams and goats; for these they were your customers.
22 "The traders of 30Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of 31spices, and with all kinds of precious stones and gold.
23 "Haran, Canneh, 32Eden, 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 33ships 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 34great waters; The 35east 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 27:3-27 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 35

  • 1. Ezekiel 28:2
  • 2. Isaiah 23:3
  • 3. Deuteronomy 3:9; 1 Chronicles 5:23; Song of Songs 4:8
  • 4. Isaiah 2:13; Zechariah 11:2
  • 5. Numbers 21:33; Isaiah 2:13; Jeremiah 22:20
  • 6. Genesis 10:4; Isaiah 23:1, 12; Jeremiah 2:10
  • 7. Exodus 25:4; Jeremiah 10:9
  • 8. Genesis 10:4
  • 9. Genesis 10:18; 1 Chronicles 1:16; Ezekiel 27:11
  • 10. 1 Kings 9:27
  • 11. Joshua 13:5; 1 Kings 5:18
  • 12. Ezekiel 30:5; Ezekiel 38:5
  • 13. Ezekiel 30:5; Ezekiel 38:5
  • 14. Ezekiel 30:5; Ezekiel 38:5
  • 15. Genesis 10:2; Isaiah 66:19; Ezekiel 27:19
  • 16. Genesis 10:2; Isaiah 66:19; Ezekiel 27:19
  • 17. Genesis 10:2; Ezekiel 38:2; Ezekiel 39:1
  • 18. Joel 3:3; Revelation 18:13
  • 19. Genesis 10:3; Ezekiel 38:6
  • 20. Jeremiah 25:23; Ezekiel 25:13; Ezekiel 27:20
  • 21. 1 Kings 10:22; Revelation 18:12
  • 22. Judges 10:6; Isaiah 7:1-8; Ezekiel 16:57
  • 23. Ezekiel 28:13
  • 24. Ezekiel 16:13, 18
  • 25. Judges 11:33
  • 26. Genesis 14:15; Isaiah 7:8; Jeremiah 49:23; Ezekiel 47:16-18
  • 27. Genesis 25:3
  • 28. Isaiah 21:13
  • 29. Isaiah 60:7
  • 30. Genesis 10:7; Isaiah 60:6; Ezekiel 38:13
  • 31. Genesis 43:11; 1 Kings 10:2
  • 32. 2 Kings 19:12; Isaiah 37:12; Amos 1:5
  • 33. Isaiah 2:16
  • 34. Ezekiel 26:19
  • 35. Psalms 48:7; Jeremiah 18:17; Acts 27:14

Footnotes 19

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