Ezequiel 27:4

4 En el corazón de los mares están tus términos; los que te edificaron completaron 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 Y tú, hijo de hombre, levanta endechas sobre Tiro.

3 Y dirás a Tiro, la que habita a los puertos del mar, la mercadera de los pueblos de muchas islas: Así dijo el Señor DIOS: Tiro, tú has dicho: Yo soy de perfecta hermosura.

4 En el corazón de los mares están tus términos; los que te edificaron completaron tu belleza.

5 De hayas del monte Senir te fabricaron todas las tillas; tomaron cedros del Líbano para hacerte el mástil.

6 De castaños de Basán hicieron tus remos; compañía de asirios hicieron tus bancos de marfil de las islas de Quitim.