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Text -- Ezekiel 27:1-32 (NET)
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A Lament for Tyre
27:1 The word of the Lord came to me:
27:2 “You , son of man , sing a lament for Tyre .
27:3 Say to Tyre , who sits at the entrance of the sea , merchant to the peoples on many coasts , ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says : “‘O Tyre , you have said , “I am perfectly beautiful .”
27:4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas ; your builders have perfected your beauty .
27:5 They crafted all your planks out of fir trees from Senir ; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast .
27:6 They made your oars from oaks of Bashan ; they made your deck with cypresses from the Kittean isles .
27:7 Fine linen from Egypt , woven with patterns , was used for your sail to serve as your banner ; blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah was used for your deck’s awning .
27:8 The leaders of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers ; your skilled men , O Tyre , were your captains .
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 .
27:10 Men of Persia , Lud , and Put were in your army , men of war . They hung shield and helmet on you; they gave you your splendor .
27:11 The Arvadites joined your army on your walls all around , and the Gammadites were in your towers . They hung their quivers on your walls all around ; they perfected your beauty .
27:12 “‘Tarshish was your trade partner because of your abundant wealth ; they exchanged silver , iron , tin , and lead for your products .
27:13 Javan , Tubal , and Meshech were your clients ; they exchanged slaves and bronze items for your merchandise .
27:14 Beth Togarmah exchanged horses , chargers , and mules for your products .
27:15 The Dedanites were your clients . Many coastlands were your customers ; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony .
27:16 Edom was your trade partner because of the abundance of your goods ; they exchanged turquoise , purple , embroidered work , fine linen , coral , and rubies for your products .
27:17 Judah and the land of Israel were your clients ; they traded wheat from Minnith , millet , honey , olive oil , and balm for your merchandise .
27:18 Damascus was your trade partner because of the abundance of your goods and of all your wealth : wine from Helbon , white wool from Zahar,
27:19 and casks of wine from Izal they exchanged for your products . Wrought iron , cassia , and sweet cane were among your merchandise .
27:20 Dedan was your client in saddlecloths for riding .
27:21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your trade partners ; for lambs , rams , and goats they traded with you .
27:22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah engaged in trade with you; they traded the best kinds of spices along with precious stones and gold for your products .
27:23 Haran , Kanneh , Eden , merchants from Sheba , Asshur , and Kilmad were your clients .
27:24 They traded with you choice garments , purple clothes and embroidered work , and multicolored carpets , bound and reinforced with cords ; these were among your merchandise .
27:25 The ships of Tarshish were the transports for your merchandise . “‘So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas .
27:26 Your rowers have brought you into surging waters . The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas .
27:27 Your wealth , products , and merchandise , your sailors and captains , your ship’s carpenters , your merchants , and all your fighting men within you, along with all your crew who are in you, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall .
27:28 At the sound of your captains ’ cry the waves will surge ;
27:29 They will descend from their ships – all who handle the oar , the sailors and all the sea captains – they will stand on the land .
27:30 They will lament loudly over you and cry bitterly . They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes ;
27:31 they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth , and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning .
27:32 As they wail they will lament over you, chanting : “Who was like Tyre , like a tower in the midst of the sea ?”
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NET Notes -> Eze 27:2; Eze 27:3; Eze 27:3; Eze 27:4; Eze 27:5; Eze 27:5; Eze 27:6; Eze 27:6; Eze 27:6; Eze 27:6; Eze 27:7; Eze 27:8; Eze 27:8; Eze 27:8; Eze 27:8; Eze 27:9; Eze 27:9; Eze 27:9; Eze 27:10; Eze 27:11; Eze 27:11; Eze 27:11; Eze 27:12; Eze 27:14; Eze 27:15; Eze 27:15; Eze 27:16; Eze 27:17; Eze 27:19; Eze 27:19; Eze 27:25; Eze 27:27; Eze 27:28; Eze 27:30; Eze 27:30; Eze 27:31; Eze 27:32
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NET Notes: Eze 27:5 Perhaps the hull or deck. The term is dual, so perhaps it refers to a double-decked ship.
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NET Notes: Eze 27:6 The Kittean isles is probably a reference to southeast Cyprus where the Phoenicians had a colony.
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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...
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NET Notes: Eze 27:11 See note on “quivers” in Jer 51:11 on the meaning of Hebrew שֶׁלֶט (shelet) and also M. Greenberg, Eze...
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NET Notes: Eze 27:12 Tarshish refers to a distant seaport sometimes believed to be located in southern Spain (others identified it as Carthage in North Africa). In any eve...
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NET Notes: Eze 27:14 The way in which these horses may have been distinguished from other horses is unknown. Cf. ASV “war-horses” (NASB, NIV, NRSV, CEV all sim...
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NET Notes: Eze 27:16 Many Hebrew mss, Aquila’s Greek translation, and the Syriac version read “Edom.” The LXX reads “man,” a translation whic...
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NET Notes: Eze 27:19 According to L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 2:82), Izal was located between Haran and the Tigris and was famous for its wine.
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NET Notes: Eze 27:25 Or perhaps “Large merchant ships.” The expression “ships of Tarshish” may describe a class of vessel, that is, large oceangoin...
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NET Notes: Eze 27:28 Compare this phrase to Isa 57:20 and Amos 8:8. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:561.
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NET Notes: Eze 27:31 Heb “and they will weep concerning you with bitterness of soul, (with) bitter mourning.”
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