Ezekiel 27

Ezekiel 27:3

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.

And say unto Tyrus, O thou, that art situate upon the sea coast, as a fit and famous port; which art renowned for the traffic of merchandise, all the world over. XXVII. 5, 6. They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Scuir, &c. Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, &c. They have prepared all things that belong to thy shipping, in a degree above necessity and convenience; even to wantonness, and excessful curiosity: the timber thereof is not of any ordinary and base wood, but rare and precious; and thy benches, instead of wood, which others use, are of the costliest ivory, brought from far.

Ezekiel 27:7

Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt, &c.

And, where others’ sails are of plain canvass, thine are of fine linen, curiously embroidered with Egyptian work, &c.

Ezekiel 27:8

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arrad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

Thy mariners were the slaves of Zidon and Damascus, both strong and skilful; and thy pilots were the cunning seamen of thine own breeding.

Ezekiel 27:9

The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers.

The ancient and experienced men of Gebal, who were noted for most expert shipwrights, were employed in the building and calking of thy vessels.

Ezekiel 27:10

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, &c.

The Persians and Lydians and Moors, famous for their prowess and skill in military affairs, both by sea and land, though far distant from thee, yet are glad to be entertained for thy warriors: they have devoted their shields and helmets to thy service.

Ezekiel 27:11

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, &c.

Thy valiant neighbours were, with thine own forces, upon thy walls round about, and upon thy towers of defence; and have both guarded and beautified thee with their shields.

Ezekiel 27:12

Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, &c.

All cities and countries round about strove to furnish thee with those commodities, which they yield, and the traffic whereof might be gainful to themselves: the famous port of Tarshish traded with thee, in all variety of riches; in silver, iron, tin, &c.

Ezekiel 27:13

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

The Grecians and Iberians and Cappadocians traded in the persons of men, which they sold to thee, and in vessels of brass. So verse 14—24.

Ezekiel 27:26

Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

Those, that have the government of thee, have brought thee into a sea of misery: Nebuchadnezzar, like a boisterous east wind, hath broken thee in pieces.

Ezekiel 27:27

Shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

Shall fall into the hands of the Babylonians, and by them be destroyed.

Ezekiel 27:28

The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.

The noise of thy victors shouting, and of thy citizens crying and shrieking, shall be such, as shall make thy suburbs to shake therewith.

Ezekiel 27:31

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, by tearing their hair and girding themselves with sackcloth, testify their vehement mourning for thee.

Ezekiel 27:34

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 destroyed by the Babylonian forces, which, like a raging sea, shall come in upon thee, thy trade, and all the commerce that thou hadst with other nations, shall utterly fail.