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Text -- Ezekiel 27:9 (NET)

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27:9 The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were within you, mending cracks; all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Gebal a nation of people who oppressed Israel,a town of Phoenicia 30 km north. of Beirut, later called Byblos
 · sea the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River,the Mediterranean Sea,the Persian Gulf south east of Babylon,the Red Sea


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Tyre | TRADE | Ship | SHIPS AND BOATS | PHOENICIA; PHOENICIANS | OCCUPY | MERCHANDISE | HANDICRAFT | Gebal | GEBALITES | Fairs | Ezekiel, Book of | Ezekiel | ELDER | Commerce | Caulkers | Calkers | CRAFTS | Barter | Arts and Crafts | more
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Word/Phrase Notes
Wesley , JFB , Clarke , TSK

Word/Phrase Notes
Barnes , Poole , Haydock , Gill

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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Eze 27:9 - -- Old experienced workmen.

Old experienced workmen.

Wesley: Eze 27:9 - -- A town of Phoenicia near the sea.

A town of Phoenicia near the sea.

Wesley: Eze 27:9 - -- Skilful in their trades.

Skilful in their trades.

Wesley: Eze 27:9 - -- Who dwelt in Tyre for gain.

Who dwelt in Tyre for gain.

Wesley: Eze 27:9 - -- Ships from all parts of the sea, full of mariners, not only to manage the ships at sea, but to offer their service to the Tyrians for bringing in, or ...

Ships from all parts of the sea, full of mariners, not only to manage the ships at sea, but to offer their service to the Tyrians for bringing in, or carrying out their wares.

JFB: Eze 27:9 - -- A Phœnician city and region between Beirut and Tripoils, famed for skilled workmen (1Ki 5:18, Margin; Psa 83:7).

A Phœnician city and region between Beirut and Tripoils, famed for skilled workmen (1Ki 5:18, Margin; Psa 83:7).

JFB: Eze 27:9 - -- Stoppers of chinks in a vessel: carrying on the metaphor as to Tyre.

Stoppers of chinks in a vessel: carrying on the metaphor as to Tyre.

JFB: Eze 27:9 - -- That is, to exchange merchandise with thee.

That is, to exchange merchandise with thee.

Clarke: Eze 27:9 - -- The ancients of Gebal - This was a city of Phoenicia, near Mount Libanus, Jos 13:5. It was called Biblos by the Greeks

The ancients of Gebal - This was a city of Phoenicia, near Mount Libanus, Jos 13:5. It was called Biblos by the Greeks

Clarke: Eze 27:9 - -- Thy calkers - Those who repaired their vessels; paying, as it is termed, pitched hemp into the seams, to prevent the water from oozing through

Thy calkers - Those who repaired their vessels; paying, as it is termed, pitched hemp into the seams, to prevent the water from oozing through

Clarke: Eze 27:9 - -- To occupy thy merchandise - That is, to be thy agents or factors.

To occupy thy merchandise - That is, to be thy agents or factors.

TSK: Eze 27:9 - -- Gebal : Jos 13:5; 1Ki 5:18 *marg. Psa 83:7 calkers : or, stoppers of chinks, Heb. strengtheners, Eze 27:27

Gebal : Jos 13:5; 1Ki 5:18 *marg. Psa 83:7

calkers : or, stoppers of chinks, Heb. strengtheners, Eze 27:27

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Eze 27:9 - -- Gebal - i. e., Byblos (modern Gebeil) in Phoenicia, the chief seat of the worship of Adonis, and situated on an eminence over-looking the river...

Gebal - i. e., Byblos (modern Gebeil) in Phoenicia, the chief seat of the worship of Adonis, and situated on an eminence over-looking the river Adonis, north of Beirut, not far from the Mediterranean sea. The "ancients"is a term for the council that presided over maritime cities.

Poole: Eze 27:9 - -- The ancients old experienced workmen. Of Gebal a town of Phoenicia near the sea, one of the four principal towns, to which belonged a jurisdiction ...

The ancients old experienced workmen.

Of Gebal a town of Phoenicia near the sea, one of the four principal towns, to which belonged a jurisdiction over a fourth part of Phoenicia, mentioned Psa 83:7 , among the conspirators against Israel and the Giblites, 1Ki 5:18 . Natives of Gebal are called stone-squarers, people fitted for hard and servile works.

The wise men skilful in their trades.

Were in thee hired and dwelt in Tyre for gain’ s sake, that they might be still employed.

Calkers shipwrights, to build no doubt, as well as repair and strengthen, their ships.

All the ships of the sea ships from all parts of the sea, full of mariners, not only to manage the ships at sea, but to offer their service to the Tyrians for bringing in or carrying out of their wares, so that they might reap the profit, whilst others did undergo trouble and danger of trafficking by sea; factors, and warehouse-keepers, and brokers.

Haydock: Eze 27:9 - -- Gebal. Septuagint, "Biblos," which is the same, 3 Kings v. 18. --- Furnished. Hebrew, "were in thee to repair thy breaches." Septuagint, "streng...

Gebal. Septuagint, "Biblos," which is the same, 3 Kings v. 18. ---

Furnished. Hebrew, "were in thee to repair thy breaches." Septuagint, "strengthened thy designs."

Gill: Eze 27:9 - -- The ancients of Gebal,.... A promontory of the Phoenicians, the same with the Gabale of Pliny n, and with the land of the Giblites, Jos 13:5. It was b...

The ancients of Gebal,.... A promontory of the Phoenicians, the same with the Gabale of Pliny n, and with the land of the Giblites, Jos 13:5. It was by the Greeks called Byblus; and so the Septuagint here render the words, the elders of Bybli or Byblus, a place once famous for the birth and temple of Adonis; it is now called Gibyle. Mr. Maundrell o says it is pleasantly situated by the seaside, and that at present it contains but a little extent of ground, yet more than enough for the small number of its inhabitants; it is compassed with a dry ditch, and a wall with square towers in it, at about every forty yards' distance; on its south side it has an old castle; within it is a church; besides which it has nothing remarkable; though anciently it was a place of no mean extent, as well as beauty, as may appear from the many heaps of ruins, and the fine pillars that are scattered up and down in the gardens near the town. The old experienced workmen of this place were employed by the Tyrians in mending and refitting their ships, and in the caulking of them, as follows:

the wise men thereof were in thee thy caulkers; or, "the strengtheners of thy breaches" p, or "chinks"; the seams and commissures of the planks; which they stopped with tow, oakum, or such like stuff; at least this is what is used now, whatever might be by those wise men; and it seems by this that it was reckoned a very great art and mystery, and which only wise men were masters of, at least such the Tyrians employed. The Targum renders it,

"providing thy necessaries;''

as if they were the ships' husbands:

all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise; ships from all parts were in her harbours, which brought goods into her, and carried goods out of her, by way of merchandise. So the Targum,

"all that go down into the sea, and the ships; they were rowers, and they brought merchandise into the midst of thee;''

the goods of merchants from divers places; and carried back commodities again they traded for at Tyre; see Rev 18:19.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 27:9 The reference to “all the ships of the sea…within you” suggests that the metaphor is changing; previously Tyre had been described as...

Geneva Bible: Eze 27:9 The ancients of Gebal and its wise [men] were in thee thy ( d ) calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to exchange thy mer...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Eze 27:1-36 - --1 The riches and commerce of Tyrus.26 The great and irrecoverable fall thereof.

MHCC: Eze 27:1-25 - --Those who live at ease are to be lamented, if they are not prepared for trouble. Let none reckon themselves beautified, any further than they are sanc...

Matthew Henry: Eze 27:1-25 - -- Here, I. The prophet is ordered to take up a lamentation for Tyrus, Eze 27:2. It was yet in the height of its prosperity, and there appeared not the...

Keil-Delitzsch: Eze 27:1-11 - -- The lamentation commences with a picture of the glory of the city of Tyre, its situation, its architectural beauty, its military strength and defenc...

Constable: Eze 25:1--32:32 - --III. Oracles against foreign nations chs. 25--32 It is appropriate that this section appears at this point in Ez...

Constable: Eze 26:1--28:20 - --B. Judgment on Tyre 26:1-28:19 The length of this oracle reflects the great significance of Tyre at this...

Constable: Eze 27:1-36 - --2. A funeral dirge over Tyre ch. 27 This chapter consists of prose (vv. 1-3a, 10-25a) and poetic...

Constable: Eze 27:1-11 - --The great ship Tyre 27:1-11 27:1-3 The Lord instructed Ezekiel to write a lamentation over Tyre, though presently it was renowned for its seafaring an...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) The name Ezekiel means "(whom) God will strengthen" [GESENIUS]; or, "God will prevail" [ROSENMULLER]. His father was Buzi (Eze 1:3), a priest, and he ...

JFB: Ezekiel (Outline) EZEKIEL'S VISION BY THE CHEBAR. FOUR CHERUBIM AND WHEELS. (Eze. 1:1-28) EZEKIEL'S COMMISSION. (Eze 2:1-10) EZEKIEL EATS THE ROLL. IS COMMISSIONED TO ...

TSK: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) The character of Ezekiel, as a Writer and Poet, is thus admirably drawn by the masterly hand of Bishop Lowth: " Ezekiel is much inferior to Jeremiah ...

TSK: Ezekiel 27 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Eze 27:1, The riches and commerce of Tyrus; Eze 27:26, The great and irrecoverable fall thereof.

Poole: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL THE ARGUMENT EZEKIEL was by descent a priest, and by commission a prophet, and received it from heaven, as will appea...

Poole: Ezekiel 27 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 27 The riches and large commerce of Tyre, Eze 27:1-25 . Her great and irrecoverable fall, Eze 27:26-36 .

MHCC: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) Ezekiel was one of the priests; he was carried captive to Chaldea with Jehoiachin. All his prophecies appear to have been delivered in that country, a...

MHCC: Ezekiel 27 (Chapter Introduction) (v. 1-25) The merchandise of Tyre. (Eze 27:26-36) Its fall and ruin.

Matthew Henry: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel When we entered upon the writings of the prophets, which speak of the ...

Matthew Henry: Ezekiel 27 (Chapter Introduction) Still we are attending the funeral of Tyre and the lamentations made for the fall of that renowned city. In this chapter we have, I. A large accou...

Constable: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) Introduction Title and Writer The title of this book comes from its writer, Ezekiel, t...

Constable: Ezekiel (Outline) Outline I. Ezekiel's calling and commission chs. 1-3 A. The vision of God's glory ch. 1 ...

Constable: Ezekiel Ezekiel Bibliography Ackroyd, Peter R. Exile and Restoration. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1968. ...

Haydock: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF EZECHIEL. INTRODUCTION. Ezechiel, whose name signifies the strength of God, was of the priestly race, and of the number of t...

Gill: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL This book is rightly placed after Jeremiah; since Ezekiel was among the captives in Chaldea, when prophesied; whereas Jerem...

Gill: Ezekiel 27 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 27 This chapter contains a lamentation on Tyre; setting forth her former grandeur, riches, and commerce; her ruin and destr...

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