Ezekiel 27:33

33 Your merchandise was sent overseas. You filled many people with your great wealth and your goods. You made the kings of the earth rich.

Ezekiel 27:33 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 27:33

When thy wares went forth out of the seas
When they were took out of ships, which came to Tyre from all parts, and were landed on the shore, and put up in warehouses, and exposed in markets and The Targum is,

``when thy merchandise went out from among the nations;''
being brought from all parts thither: thou filledst many people;
by selling them in their markets commodities they wanted, for which they came from all quarters; and by sending them to others in ships, where they knew they stood in need of them, and would fetch them a good price; and they had enough to answer the demands of all, and to supply them to the full: thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy
riches and pithy merchandise;
by taking off the goods of their subjects, whereby they were able the better to pay their taxes, and support them in their grandeur and dignity; as well as by furnishing them gold and silver, and precious stones, which they gave for the produce of their country; or by the toll and custom of the goods imported or exported.

Ezekiel 27:33 In-Context

31 They shaved their heads because of you and put on sackcloth. They cried over you with bitterness and with bitter mourning.
32 They sang a funeral song for you with loud crying: "Who is like Tyre, the city destroyed in the sea?"
33 Your merchandise was sent overseas. You filled many people with your great wealth and your goods. You made the kings of the earth rich.
34 Now you are wrecked in the sea, at the bottom of the sea. Your goods and your whole crew sank with you.
35 All those who live on the coasts are horrified because of you. Their kings are terribly afraid. Their faces show their fear.
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