Ezekiel 27:28

28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots the countryside shakes,

Ezekiel 27:28 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 27:28

The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy
pilots.
] Or governors, as the Targum; and so the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions: the allegory of a ship wrecked is still continued: the sense is, that such should be the cry of the principal men of the city when it should be taken, that the noise of it would be heard upon the continent, and in the towns and villages belonging to Tyre, which would make the inhabitants of them tremble: or, at the sound of the cry of thy pilots the waves are moved,
or "tremble" F7; which beat very strong at the time of her fall into the sea.


FOOTNOTES:

F7 (twvrgm wvery) "commoti sunt fluctus jactni", Junius & Tremellius; "contremiscent fluctus", Piscator.

Ezekiel 27:28 In-Context

26 Your rowers have brought you into the high seas. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.
27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, and all your warriors within you, with all the company that is with you, sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your ruin.
28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots the countryside shakes,
29 and down from their ships come all that handle the oar. The mariners and all the pilots of the sea stand on the shore
30 and wail aloud over you, and cry bitterly. They throw dust on their heads and wallow in ashes;
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