Ezekiel 27 Study Notes
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27:16 Phoenicia was known for trade in purple dye derived from shellfish. Both names for the country, Phoenicia (Gk Phoinikos) and Canaan, mean “purple.”
27:23 In ancient Near Eastern sources, Eden was considered to be a district south of Haran, mentioned in connection with Haran in 2Kg 19:12. See Beth-eden in Am 1:5.
27:26 Tyre’s ruin came in the very element where she was most at home—the open seas.
27:27 The demise of another world system, Babylon the Great, is described in the book of Revelation. The articles of Babylon’s worldwide commerce (Rv 18:12-13) are similar to what is mentioned here in the description of Tyre’s fall.
27:28-36 The sailors and all the captains of the sea would weep bitterly at Tyre’s downfall.