Ezekiel 27:4

27:4 ¹ Your borders are in the heart of the seas;

your builders have perfected your beauty.

Ezekiel 27:10-11

27:10 Men of Persia, Lud, ²  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 ³  joined your army on your walls all around,

and the Gammadites ⁴  were in your towers.

They hung their quivers ⁵  on your walls all around;

they perfected your beauty.

[27:4]  ¹ tn The city of Tyre is described in the following account as a merchant ship.

[27:10]  ² sn See Gen 10:22.

[27:11]  ³ tn Heb “sons of Arvad.”

[27:11]  ⁴ sn The identity of the Gammadites is uncertain.

[27:11]  ⁵ tn See note on “quivers” in Jer 51:11 on the meaning of Hebrew שֶׁלֶט (shelet) and also M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:553.