Ezekiel 27:1-10

1 The Lord said to me,

2 "Mortal man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,

3 that city which stands at the edge of the sea and does business with the people living on every seacoast. Tell her what the Sovereign Lord is saying: "Tyre, you boasted of your perfect beauty.

4 Your home is the sea. Your builders made you like a beautiful ship;

5 They used fir trees from Mount Hermon for timber And a cedar from Lebanon for your mast.

6 They took oak trees from Bashan to make oars; They made your deck out of pine from Cyprus And inlaid it with ivory.

7 Your sails were made of linen, Embroidered linen from Egypt, Easily recognized from afar. Your awnings were made of finest cloth, Of purple from the island of Cyprus.

8 Your oarsmen were from the cities of Sidon and Arvad. Your own skillful men were the sailors.

9 The ship's carpenters Were well-trained men from Byblos. Sailors from every seagoing ship Did business in your shops.

10 "Soldiers from Persia, Lydia, and Libya served in your army. They hung their shields and their helmets in your barracks. They are the men who won glory for you.

Ezekiel 27:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 27

This chapter contains a lamentation on Tyre; setting forth her former grandeur, riches, and commerce; her ruin and destruction; and the concern of others on that account. The prophet is bid to take up his lamentation concerning it, Eze 27:1,2, observing her situation and magnificence, of which she boasted, Eze 27:3,4, describing the excellency of her shipping and naval stores, Eze 27:5-7, declaring who were her mariners, pilots, and caulkers, Eze 27:8,9, her military men, Eze 27:10,11 her several merchants, and the things they traded in with her in her fairs and markets, Eze 27:12-25, then follows an account of her destruction, Eze 27:26,27, the lamentation of pilots and mariners because of it, Eze 27:28-32, and of the kings and inhabitants of the isles, and merchants of the people, Eze 27:33-36.