Ezekiel 27:1
_THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME AGAIN UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME AGAIN UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; TAKE UP A LAMENTATION - a funeral dirge, eulogizing her great attributes, to make the contrast the greater between her former and her latter state.... [ Continue Reading ]
And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty. O THOU THAT ART SITUATE AT THE ENTRY OF THE SEA - literally, plural, 'entrances,' i:e., ports or haven... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. THY BORDERS ARE IN THE MIDST OF THE SEAS, THY BUILDERS HAVE PERFECTED THY BEAUTY. Tyre, in consonance with her sea-girt position, separated by a strait of half a mile from the mainland, is described as a ship built... [ Continue Reading ]
They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. THEY HAVE MADE ALL THY SHIP BOARDS OF FIR TREES OF SENIR - or 'Shenir,' the Amorite name of Hermon, or the southern height of Antilibanus (); the Sidonian name was Sirion. "All t... [ Continue Reading ]
Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim. OF THE OAKS OF BASHAN HAVE THEY MADE THINE OARS. Bashan was celebrated for its oaks, as Lebanon was for its cedars. THE COMPANY OF THE ASHURITES HAV... [ Continue Reading ]
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee. FINE LINEN, WITH BROIDERED WORK FROM EGYPT, WAS THAT WHICH THOU SPREADEST FORTH TO BE THY SAIL. The ancients embroidered their sail... [ Continue Reading ]
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. THE INHABITANTS OF ZIDON AND ARVAD WERE THY MARINERS - Arvad, a small island and city near Phoenicia, now Ruad: its inhabitants are still noted for seafaring habits. THY WISE MEN, O... [ Continue Reading ]
The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise. THE ANCIENTS OF GEBAL - a Phoenician city and region between Beirut and Tripolis, famed for skilled workmen (margin, , 'the Giblites;' ).... [ Continue Reading ]
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. THEY OF PERSIA AND OF LUD AND OF PHUT - warriors from the extreme east and west. LUD - the Lydians of Asia Minor, near the Meander, famed for arch... [ Continue Reading ]
The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect. THE GAMMADIMS WERE IN THY TOWERS - rather, as the Tyrians were Syro-Phoenicians, from a Syriac root mean... [ Continue Reading ]
Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. TARSHISH - Tartessus in Spain, a country famed for various metals, which were exported to Tyre. WITH SILVER, IRON, TIN, AND LEAD, THEY TRADED IN THY FAIRS. Mu... [ Continue Reading ]
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. JAVAN - the Ionians or Greeks; because the Ionians of Asia Minor were the first Greeks whom the Asiatics came in contact with. TUBAL AND MESHECH - the Tibareni and Moschi in t... [ Continue Reading ]
They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules. THEY OF THE HOUSE OF TOGARMAH - Armenia: descended from Gomer (). The mountainous region south of the Caucasus was celebrated for horses. HORSEMEN - rather, 'riding-horses,' as distinct from 'horses' for char... [ Continue Reading ]
The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony. THE MEN OF DEDAN - near the Persian Sea: thus an avenue to the commerce of India. Not the Dedan in Arabia (Ezekiel 27:20), as the names in the context her... [ Continue Reading ]
Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. SYRIA WAS THY MERCHANT BY REASON OF THE MULTITUDE OF THE WARES OF THY MAKING - `Syria was thy mart for the mult... [ Continue Reading ]
Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. JUDAH, AND THE LAND OF ISRAEL ... WERE THY MERCHANTS: THEY TRADED IN THY MARKET WHEAT OF MINNITH, AND PANNAG - names of places in Israel famed for good wh... [ Continue Reading ]
Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool. DAMASCUS WAS THY MERCHANT ... IN THE WINE OF HELBON - or Chalybon, in Syria, now Aleppo: famed for its wines; the Persian monarchs would drink no other.... [ Continue Reading ]
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. DAN ALSO. None of the other places enumerated commence with the copula (also; Hebrew, wª-). Moreover, the products specified, "cassia and calamus," apply rather to places in Arabia. T... [ Continue Reading ]
Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. DEDAN - in Arabia; distinct from the Dedan in (see note). Descended from Abraham and Keturah (). (Bochart.) WAS THY MERCHANT IN PRECIOUS CLOTHES - splendid coverlets.... [ Continue Reading ]
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants. ARABIA, AND ALL THE PRINCES OF KEDAR - the nomadic tribes of Arabia, among which Kedar was preeminent. THEY OCCUPIED WITH THEE - literally, as margin, 'they were the m... [ Continue Reading ]
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. THE MERCHANTS OF SHEBA AND RAAMAH - (see my note on . Raamah was on the Persian Gulf, and was the seat of the Hamite Sabeans, descended from Sh... [ Continue Reading ]
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. HARAN - the dwelling-place of Abraham in Mesopotamia after he moved from Ur () HARAN - the dwelling-place of Abraham in Mesopotamia, after he moved from Ur (). CANNEH - Calneh, an Assyrian city on the... [ Continue Reading ]
These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. THESE WERE THY MERCHANTS IN ALL SORTS OF THINGS - Hebrew, 'perfections;' exquisite articles of finery (Grotius). BLUE... [ Continue Reading ]
The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH DID SING OF THEE - personification; thy great merchant ships were palpable proofs of thy greatness. [ shaarowtayik (H7788) Maurer translates, fr... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. THY ROWERS HAVE BROUGHT THEE INTO GREAT WATERS: THE EAST WIND HATH BROKEN THEE. In contrast to her previous greatness, her downfall is here, by a sudden transition, depicted under the image o... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. THY RICHES, A... [ Continue Reading ]
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. THE SUBURBS SHALL SHAKE AT THE SOUND OF THE CRY OF THY PILOTS - the buildings of Tyre on the adjoining continent.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land; THE MARINERS, AND ALL THE PILOTS OF THE SEA, SHALL COME DOWN FROM THEIR SHIPS. So on the downfall of spiritual Babylon, (, etc.) SHALL STAND UPON THE LAND... [ Continue Reading ]
And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: AND SHALL CAUSE THEIR VOICE TO BE HEARD AGAINST THEE - rather, 'concerning thee.'... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. THEY SHALL MAKE THEMSELVES UTTERLY BALD - literally, bald with baldness. The Phoenician custom in mourning, which, as being connected with... [ Continue Reading ]
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? THEY SHALL TAKE UP A LAMENTATION FOR THEE - lift up. WHAT CITY IS LIKE TYRUS, LIKE THE DESTROYED? - a destroyed one; literally (as... [ Continue Reading ]
When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. WHEN THY WARES WENT FORTH OUT OF THE SEAS - brought on shore out of the ships. THOU FILLEDST MANY PEOPLE - didst supply plenti... [ Continue Reading ]
In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall. IN THE TIME WHEN THOU SHALT BE BROKEN BY THE SEAS IN THE DEPTHS OF THE WATERS, THY MERCHANDISE, AND ALL THY COMPANY ... SHALL FALL - rather, as this... [ Continue Reading ]
All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance. ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE ISLES - i:e., the inhabitants of the sea coasts.... [ Continue Reading ]
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more. THE MERCHANTS AMONG THE PEOPLE SHALL HISS - with astonishment, as in . THE MERCHANTS AMONG THE PEOPLE SHALL HISS - with astonishment, as in . Remarks: (1) The mercantile greatness and the be... [ Continue Reading ]