Ezekiel 27:18

18 Damas trafiquait avec toi à cause de tes nombreux produits, à cause de toutes tes richesses; elle te fournissait du vin de Helbon et de la laine blanche.

Ezekiel 27:18 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 27:18

Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of
thy making
Of the many things manufactured at Tyre, the inhabitants of Damascus, once the chief city of Syria, took some: for the multitude of all riches:
in lieu of the vast quantity of rich things there made, they traded with them for them: in the wine of Helbon, and white wool;
Helbon very probably is the same with the Chalybon of Ptolemy ^F16, which he places in Syria; a place famous for wine, as Strabo ^F17 reports; the kings of Persia, he says, through riches fell into luxury, so that they would have wheat brought from Assos in Aeolia, and Chalybonian wine out of Syria, and water from Eulaeus (the river Ulai in ( Daniel 8:2 ) ), which was lightest of all; and so Athenaeus ^F18 says, the kings of the Persians drink only Chalybonian wine; which, says Posidonius, was made at Damascus in Syria, from whence the Persians transplant vines: Helbon is thought to be the same with Aleppo; the grapes there are all white, and make a strong wine, as Monsieur Thevenot ^F19 relates; and who also observes, that the wines of Damascus are treacherous and strong: and the wool they bought was such as it came off of the backs of the sheep, and the purer and whiter sort of it; which was brought to Tyre, and by them bought, and dyed purple, for which dye the Tyrians were famous.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Geograph. l. 5. c. 15.
F17 Ibid. l. 12. p. 505.
F18 L. 1. c. 22.
F19 Travels, part 2. B. 1. c. 5. p. 25. & c. 7. p. 33.

Ezekiel 27:18 In-Context

16 La Syrie trafiquait avec toi de tes produits de toute espèce; elle fournissait tes marchés d'escarboucles, d'écarlate, de broderie, de fin lin, de corail et de rubis.

17 Juda et le pays d'Israël négociaient avec toi, te donnant en échange du blé de Minnith, de la pâtisserie, du miel, de l'huile et du baume.

18 Damas trafiquait avec toi à cause de tes nombreux produits, à cause de toutes tes richesses; elle te fournissait du vin de Helbon et de la laine blanche.

19 Védan et Javan fournissaient tes marchés de tissus; le fer forgé, la casse et le roseau aromatique étaient échangés avec toi.

20 Ceux de Dédan négociaient avec toi les draps précieux pour monter à cheval.