Ezequiel 27:4

4 Extendiste tus fronteras hacia el mar.
Tus constructores hicieron perfecta tu belleza.

Ezequiel 27:4 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 27:4

Thy borders are in the midst of the seas,
Fixed by the Lord himself, and which could never be removed. Tyre stood about half a mile from the continent, surrounded with the waters of the sea, till it was made a peninsula by Alexander: thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
The Sidonians were the first builders of the city, as Justin ^F17 says; who began and carried on the building of it to the utmost of their knowledge and skill; and which was afterwards perfected by other builders, who made it the most beautiful city in all those parts; unless this is to be understood of her shipbuilders, who brought the art of building ships in her to such a perfection, as made her famous throughout the world; since they are immediately spoken of without any other antecedent.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Ex Trago, l. 18. c. 3.

Ezequiel 27:4 In-Context

2 «Hijo de hombre, entona un canto fúnebre por Tiro,

3 esa poderosa ciudad y portal al mar, el centro comercial del mundo. Dale a Tiro este mensaje de parte del Señor
Soberano:
»“Oh Tiro, te jactaste diciendo:
‘¡Mi belleza es perfecta!’.

4 Extendiste tus fronteras hacia el mar.
Tus constructores hicieron perfecta tu belleza.

5 Eras como un gran barco
construido con los mejores cipreses de Senir.
Con un cedro del Líbano
te fabricaron un mástil.

6 Te labraron los remos
con robles de Basán.
Tu cubierta hecha de pino de las costas de Chipre
se incrustó con marfil.