Ezekiel 27:25

27:25 The ships of Tarshish ¹  were the transports for your merchandise.

“‘So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas.

Ezekiel 44:14

44:14 Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, all of its service and all that will be done in it.

Ezekiel 44:16

44:16 They will enter my sanctuary, and approach my table to minister to me; they will keep my charge.

¹ tn Or perhaps “Large merchant ships.” The expression “ships of Tarshish” may describe a class of vessel, that is, large oceangoing merchant ships.