Ezekiel 27:26

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 of a vessel foundering at sea.

The east wind - blowing from Lebanon, the most violent wind in the Mediterranean (); a Levanter, as it is called. Nebuchadnezzar is meant. The "sea" is the war with him which the "rowers," or rulers of the state vessel, had brought it into, to its ruin.