Ezekiel 27:6-7

27:6 They made your oars from oaks of Bashan;

they made your deck ¹  with cypresses ²  from the Kittean isles. ³ 

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 ⁴  was used for your deck’s awning.

Ezekiel 27:15

27:15 The Dedanites ⁵  were your clients. Many coastlands were your customers; they paid ⁶  you with ivory tusks and ebony.

Ezekiel 27:33

27:33 When your products went out from the seas,

you satisfied many peoples;

with the abundance of your wealth and merchandise

you enriched the kings of the earth.

Ezekiel 39:6

39:6 I will send fire on Magog and those who live securely in the coastlands; then they will know that I am the Lord.

[27:6]  ¹ tn Or “hull.”

[27:6]  ² tc The Hebrew reads “Your deck they made ivory, daughter of Assyria.” The syntactically difficult “ivory” is understood here as dittography and omitted, though some construe this to refer to ivory inlays. “Daughter of Assyria” is understood here as improper word division and the vowels repointed as “cypresses.”

[27:6]  ³ tn Heb “from the coastlands (or islands) of Kittim,” generally understood to be a reference to the island of Cyprus, where the Phoenicians had a trading colony on the southeast coast. Many modern English versions have “Cyprus” (CEV, TEV), “the coastlands of Cyprus” (NASB), “the coasts of Cyprus” (NIV, NRSV), or “the southern coasts of Cyprus” (NLT).

[27:7]  ⁴ sn This is probably a reference to Cyprus.

[27:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “sons of Dedan.”

[27:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “they returned as your gift.”