Ezekiel 27
1 The riches and commerce of Tyrus.
26 The great and irrecoverable fall thereof.
sits <03427> [O thou.]
Tyre was situated in the Mediterranean, at the nearest entrance to it from the interior and eastern part of Asia.
merchant <07402> [a merchant.]
perfectly <03632> [I am.]
perfectly beautiful <03308 03632> [of perfect beauty. Heb. perfect of beauty.]
heart <03820> [midst. Heb. heart.]
crafted <01129> [made. Heb. built.]
Senir <08149> [of Senir.]
[Shenir. cedars.]
oaks <0437> [the oaks.]
<01323> [the company, etc. or, they have made thy hatches of ivory well trodden.]
Rather, "thy benches have they made of ivory inlaid with box, from the isles of Chittim." Vulgate, {de insulis Itali‘,} "from the islands of Italy," which were always famous for box-trees.
<01323> [company. Heb. daughters. the isles.]
[Kittim.]
Fine linen <08336> [linen.]
blue ... purple <08504 0713> [blue and purple. or, purple and scarlet.]
Elishah <0473> [Elishah.]
Elis, part of the Peloponnesus, extending along the western coast of Arcadia, north of Messenia, and south of Achaia.
Sidon <06721> [Zidon.]
[Sidon.]
Arvad <0719> [Arvad.]
skilled men <02450> [wise.]
Gebal <01380> [Gebal.]
cracks <0919> [calkers. or, stoppers of chinks. Heb. strengtheners.]
Persia <06539> [Persia.]
Lud <03865> [of Lud.]
hung <08518> [they hanged.]
Arvadites <0719> [of Arvad.]
perfected <03634> [they have.]
Javan <03120> [Javan.]
Tubal <08422> [Tubal.]
slaves <05315> [the persons.]
merchandise <04627> [market. or, merchandise.]
Togarmah <08425> [Togarmah.]
Dedanites <01719> [Dedan.]
ivory <08127> [of ivory.]
Edom <0758> [Syria.]
[Aram.]
goods <04639> [the wares of thy making. Heb. thy works. agate. or, chrysoprase.]
wheat <02406> [wheat.]
Minnith <04511> [Minnith.]
balm <06875> [balm. or, rosin.]
Damascus <01834> [Damascus.]
Helbon <02463> [Helbon.]
The Chalybon of the Greeks and Romans, now called by the natives Haleb, and by us Aleppo, said to have been so celebrated for its wine, that the Persian kings would drink no other. It was a celebrated city of Syria, situated about 90 miles from the Mediterranean by way of Antioch, and 100 from the Euphrates, in lat. 36 degrees 11' 25" north, long. 37 degrees 9' east; and previous to its destruction by an earthquake in 1822, occupied, including its suburbs, eight small hills, with the intermediate valleys, comprehending a circuit of about seven miles; and its inhabitants were variously estimated at from 100,000 to 258,000 souls.
<02051> [Dan.]
<0235> [going to and fro. or, Menzal. cassia.]
Dedan <01719> [Dedan.]
saddlecloths <0899 02667> [precious clothes. Heb. clothes of freedom.]
Arabia <06152> [Arabia.]
Kedar <06938> [Kedar.]
trade partners ........ traded <03027 05503> [occupied with thee. Heb. were the merchants of thy hand. in lambs.]
Sheba <07614> [Sheba.]
Haran <02771> [Haran.]
[Charran. Canneh.]
[Calneh.]
[Calno.]
[Calneh. Eden.]
Sheba <07614> [Sheba.]
Asshur <0804> [Asshur.]
choice ... purple <04360 08504> [all sorts of things. or, excellent things. clothes. Heb. foldings.]
ships <0591> [ships.]
weighed down <03513> [glorious.]
rowers <07751> [rowers.]
surging <07227> [great.]
east <06921> [the east.]
heart <03820> [midst. Heb. heart.]
wealth <01952> [Thy riches.]
In these beautiful and expressive figures, Tyre is represented as a ship at sea, wrecked through the mistakes of her pilots and rowers; that is, destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and afterwards by Alexander, in consequence of her rulers having pertinaciously resolved to withstand those haughty conquerors. This vast ship, laden with all kinds of valuable wares, being wrecked, all her valuables, sailors, officers, etc. went to the bottom.
crew <06951> [and in all. or, even with all. shall fall.]
in ....... heart <08432 03820> [midst. Heb. heart.]
waves <04054> [suburbs. or waves. shake.]
handle <08610> [all that handle.]
descend <03381> [shall come.]
loudly <06963> [shall cause.]
All that were on land, seeing this gallant ship perishing with all her men and goods, are here represented as setting up a dismal cry at the heart-rending sight.
throw <05927> [cast.]
roll <06428> [they shall wallow.]
tear out ... hair <07144> [they shall make.]
weep <01058> [they shall weep.]
<05375> [take up.]
Tyre <06865> [What city.]
tower <01822> [the destroyed.]
products <05801> [thy wares.]
abundance <07230> [with the.]
inhabitants <03427> [the inhabitants.]
kings <04428> [their kings.]
hiss <08319> [hiss.]
horror <01091> [thou shalt.]
horror <01091> [a terror. Heb. terrors. never shalt be any more. Heb. shalt not be for ever.]
