Ezekiel 27:34

34 But now you have been wrecked by the waves, sunk in the watery depths; your merchandise and all your people have gone down with you.

Ezekiel 27:34 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 27:34

In the time when thou shall be broken by the seas in the
depths of the waters.
&c.] By the Chaldean army, which came upon them like the waves of the sea, ( Ezekiel 26:3 ) by which they were overpowered and destroyed; just as a ship on the mighty waters is dashed and broke to pieces by the waves thereof: thy merchandise, and all thy company in the midst of thee, shall fall;
trade shall cease, and the mixed multitude of traders from all parts shall be seen no more; the natives of the place shall perish; mariners and soldiers, and persons of every rank and degree, age, and sex. The Targum renders it,

``all thine armies.''

Abendana suggests that this respects the destruction of Tyre by Alexander the great.

Ezekiel 27:34 In-Context

32 Wailing, they will raise a lament for you; this will be their lament for you: "'"Who anywhere in the sea has ever been silenced like Tzor?

33 When your wares came forth from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with your vast wealth and variety of goods you enriched the kings of the earth.

34 But now you have been wrecked by the waves, sunk in the watery depths; your merchandise and all your people have gone down with you.

35 All who live along the coasts are aghast at you; their kings are horribly afraid, their faces are convulsed;

36 the merchants among the peoples are gasping at your fate; you are an object of terror, and you will cease to exist."'"