27Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, the dealers in your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, with all your company which is among you, will fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.
28At the sound of the cry of your pilots, the pasture lands will shake.
29All who handle the oars, the mariners and all the pilots of the sea, will come down from their ships. They will stand on the land,
27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, the dealers in your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, with all your company which is among you, will fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.
28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots, the pasture lands will shake.
29 All who handle the oars, the mariners and all the pilots of the sea, will come down from their ships. They will stand on the land,
KJVKing James Version
27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
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JPSJPS Tanakh (1917)
27 Thy riches, and thy wares, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the exchangers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
28 At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the waves shall shake.
29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land,
Proverbs 11:4(v27)Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Ezekiel 26:10(v28)By reason of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, of the wagons, and…
Exodus 15:14(v28)The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
Ezekiel 26:12(v27)They will make a plunder of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant…
Ezekiel 26:14(v27)I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more; for I Yahweh have spoken it,’ says…
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Ezekiel 26:15-18(v28)“The Lord Yahweh says to Tyre: ‘Won’t the islands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made…
Ezekiel 26:16(v29)Then all the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments.…
Ezekiel 26:21(v27)I will make you a terror, and you will no more have any being. Though you are sought for, yet you will never be found again,’ says the Lord…
Ezekiel 27:7-9(v27)Your sail was of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, that it might be to you for a banner. Blue and purple from the islands of…
Ezekiel 27:12(v27)“ ‘ “Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches. They traded for your wares with silver, iron, tin, and…
Ezekiel 27:18-19(v27)“ ‘ “Damascus was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of…
Ezekiel 27:22(v27)“ ‘ “The traders of Sheba and Raamah were your traders. They traded for your wares with the chief of all spices, and with all precious…
Ezekiel 27:24(v27)These were your traders in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and embroidered work, and in chests of rich clothing, bound with cords and…
Ezekiel 27:34(v27)In the time that you were broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company fell within you.
Ezekiel 27:35(v28)All the inhabitants of the islands are astonished at you, and their kings are horribly afraid. They are troubled in their face.
Ezekiel 31:16(v28)I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit. All the trees of…
Ezekiel 32:10(v29)Yes, I will make many peoples amazed at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid for you, when I brandish my sword before them. They…
Nahum 2:3(v28)The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and…
Revelation 18:11-24(v27)The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more: merchandise of gold, silver, precious…
Revelation 18:17-24(v29)For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.’ Every ship master, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain…
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Geneva Bible translators1599 · Public DomainOn v28That is, the cities near about thee, as was…
That is, the cities near about thee, as was Zidon, Arvad, and others.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp1656 · Public DomainOn vv27–29Eze 27:27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise,…
Eze 27:27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that [are] in thee, and in all thy company which [is] in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
Ver. 27. Shall fall into the midst of the seas.] As a ship that sinketh, and cannot be buoyed up again.
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Matthew Poole1685 · Public DomainOn vv27–29Thy riches; not the vast treasures of the public,…
Thy riches; not the vast treasures of the public, nor the great wealth of private citizens, shall purchase Tyre a continued prosperity.
Thy fairs; these shall be interrupted by the siege, and none that frequented them shall prevail for access to them.
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Thy merchandise; the stock of goods of all sorts now in thy warehouses, and what thou hast trusted out.
Thy mariners, & c.: see Eze 27:8-11.
All thy company; all that are men fit for war in the multitudes of people that are in thee, or all thy own citizens that are thy militia, trained bands, or artillery company.
Shall fall: it is plural, these all shall at once fall together. The midst of the seas: see Eze 27:26.
In the day; the time indeed was long preparing for the fall, but a day finished it.
Ruin; utter desolation.
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John Gill1763 · Public DomainOn vv27–29The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the…
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. Or governors, as the Targum; and so the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions: the allegory of a ship wrecked is still continued: the sense is, that such should be the cry of the principal men of the city when it should be taken, that the noise of it would be heard upon the continent, and in the towns and villages belonging to Tyre, which would make the inhabitants of them tremble: or,
at the sound of the cry of thy pilots the waves are moved, or "tremble" (g); which beat very strong at the time of her fall into the sea.
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John Wesley1765 · Public DomainOn vv27–29All thy company - All that are men fit…
All thy company - All that are men fit for war, in the multitudes of people that are in thee. Shall fall - These all shall fall together.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke1810 · Public DomainOn vv27–28Verse 27. Thy riches] This vast ship, laden with…
Verse 27. Thy riches] This vast ship, laden with all kinds of valuable wares, and manned in the best manner, being wrecked, all her valuables, sailors, officers, &c., went to the bottom.
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Joseph Benson1811 · Public DomainOn v27Eze 27:27-32. Thy riches, &c., and all thy company,…
Eze 27:27-32. Thy riches, &c., and all thy company, shall fall into the midst of the seas — Shall be as utterly ruined and destroyed as if they were sunk in the sea by a shipwreck. Or, this may signify their falling in a sea- fight. The suburbs shall shake, &c. — The cry of thy wounded seamen shall make the inhabitants of the suburbs shake for fear: See Eze 26:15. The mariners, &c., shall come down from their ships — Seafaring men, finding no encouragement to follow their employment, now thy traffic is destroyed, shall lay aside their trade, and mourn over thee. They shall stand upon the land — Bishop Newcome reads, upon the shore, understanding it of “the shore of the adjoining island, from which they viewed the conflagration of their city.” St. Jerome tells us, from the ancient histories of the Assyrians, that when the safety of the city was despaired of, great numbers of Tyrians secured themselves and their riches in their ships. See notes on Isa 23:1; Isa 23:12. And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee — Or rather, over thee, as the LXX. and Vulgate translate it. And shall cry bitterly — For the common ruin, and their own share in it. And shall cast up dust upon their heads — Shall use expressions of the deepest mourning and lamentation. They shall wallow themselves in ashes — As having bid a final farewell to all ease and comfort. They shall make themselves utterly bald for thee — Another expression of public sorrow. And — They, who used to wear fine linen; shall gird them with sackcloth — According to the custom of great mourners. And shall weep for bitterness of heart — Instead of singing, as formerly, their merry songs. And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee — The words allude to the public lamentations made at funerals. See note on Jer 9:17-18. Saying, What city is like Tyrus — Did ever any city come down from such a height of prosperity to such depth of adversity? Like the destroyed in the midst of the sea — Alas! what was once her safeguard, and the source of her wealth, is now her grave.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes1834 · Public DomainOn vv27–29All who have been enumerated as sharing in, and…
All who have been enumerated as sharing in, and constituting, the glory of Tyre are now recounted as partakers in her wreck.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown1871 · Public DomainOn vv27–29The detailed enumeration implies the utter completeness of the…
The detailed enumeration implies the utter completeness of the ruin.
and in all thy company--"even with all thy collected multitude" [HENDERSON].
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Daniel D. Whedon1874 · Public DomainOn vv28–2928. The suburbs — Or adjoining coast lands. R.V.,…
28. The suburbs — Or adjoining coast lands. R.V., margin, “waves.”
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges1878 · Public DomainOn vv27–2927. and thy fairs] thy wares. The verse is…
27. and thy fairs] thy wares. The verse is interesting for the enumeration which it gives both of the crew and cargo. The cargo is described in three words: riches, wares and merchandise—the last two words meaning the same thing virtually, though differing in shade of idea. The verse shews that any such rendering as “fair,” “market” for these terms cannot be sustained, the things are here said to fall into the heart of the seas, cf. Eze_27:33-34. The crew consists of (1) sailors, (2) pilots, (3) calkers (carpenters), (4) handlers of the wares, and (5) men of war.
and in all thy company] even all thy.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers1878 · Public DomainOn vv27–29(27) And in all.—Better, as in the margin, with…
(27) And in all.—Better, as in the margin, with all. The thought is that all that went to make up the strength and the glory of Tyre perished in one great catastrophe. Many classes are enumerated, and the statement is made general by adding “with all thy company.” All are represented as going down together with the ship. (Comp. Eze_27:34.)
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary1880 · Public DomainOn vv28–29The suburbs. The word is so translated in Eze_45:2,…
The suburbs. The word is so translated in Eze_45:2, and Eze_48:17, and is used of the pasture-lands round the cities of refuge in Num_35:2. Here it is probably used in a wider sense for the coastlands of Phoenicia, or even (as in the margin) for the "waves" that washed the shores of the island-city. The Vulgate gives classes (equivalent to "fleets").
Vers. 28-36. The bewailing of the city.
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Very picturesque and impressive is this representation of the effect produced upon the nations by the fall of Tyre. So world-wide was the city"s commerce, that no people, however distant, could be unaffected by the catastrophe; and so awful was its fate, that no sensitive mind could contemplate it unmoved. To the vision of the prophet-poet, the galley labors and strains, and at last sinks in the waters of the Mediterranean. The dwellers upon the land and those who sail the sea gather together upon the shore to witness the shipwreck. Their cry and bitter wailing fill the air. Every sigma of humiliation and of mourning is exhibited by the spectators. A lamentation, a dirge, rises from the company of those deeply moved by sympathetic sorrow. They celebrate the glories of the past; they bear witness to present calamity and woe; they confess with terror that Tyre never shall be more. We trace in the demeanor and the language here depicted
I ASTONISHMENT AT THE SPECTACLE OF DESTRUCTION. The scene was so unexpected, so much in contradiction to all human anticipation and foresight, so revolutionary, so appalling, that amazement was the predominant emotion of those who witnessed it.
II SENSE OF THE WORLD"S LOSS BY REASON OF THE SHIPWRECK. The earth seemed poorer for the overthrow and annihilation of Tyre the leading seaport and commercial center of the nations. In Ver. 33 this loss is depicted, the loss alike of peoples and of kings. Riches and merchandise disappeared, engulfed with Tyre in the insatiable deep. The march of human civilization seemed to be arrested.
III CONTRAST WITH THE REMEMBERED AND MEMORABLE PAST. Cities, like men, are sometimes best understood and appreciated when they are no more. Those who recollected Tyre"s splendor would, in their old age, tell a new generation of the bygone wonders. "Who is there like Tyre, like her that is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?" The puny successors to the peerless seaport would point many a moral, and inspire many a regret for vanished glories.
IV UNSETTLEMENT AND FOREBODING AS TO THE FUTURE. Astonishment is often associated with fear and trouble. When a vast calamity occurs, it is as if the fountains of the great deep were broken up.
Men"s hearts fail them for fear. What is to be the future of the world"s history? What nation is secure? What throne is stable? What principle, what power, shall bear sway in coming times? There is but one answer to these questions, but one confidence that can never be shaken, "The kingdoms of the earth are the Lord"s.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0On v28Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to Tyre. The city of Tyre continues to be described as if it were a wrecked ship. (See: Metaphor)
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General Information:
The words "you" and "your" in these verses refer to Tyre.
Cities at the sea will tremble
Here "Cities at the sea" represents the people in those cities. AT: "The people of the cities by the sea will tremble" (See: Metonymy)
All those who handle oars
"All the rowers"
wail bitterly
"cry out sadly"
they will cast dust up on their heads. They will roll about in ashes
These are expressions of grieving and mourning. (See: Symbolic Action)
GEBible — Godless Engineer's Bible App
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v28 That is, the cities near about thee, as was…
That is, the cities near about thee, as was Zidon, Arvad, and others.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv27–29 Eze 27:27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise,…
Eze 27:27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that [are] in thee, and in all thy company which [is] in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
Ver. 27. Shall fall into the midst of the seas.] As a ship that sinketh, and cannot be buoyed up again.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv27–29 Thy riches; not the vast treasures of the public,…
Thy riches; not the vast treasures of the public, nor the great wealth of private citizens, shall purchase Tyre a continued prosperity.
Thy fairs; these shall be interrupted by the siege, and none that frequented them shall prevail for access to them.
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Thy merchandise; the stock of goods of all sorts now in thy warehouses, and what thou hast trusted out.
Thy mariners, & c.: see Eze 27:8-11.
All thy company; all that are men fit for war in the multitudes of people that are in thee, or all thy own citizens that are thy militia, trained bands, or artillery company.
Shall fall: it is plural, these all shall at once fall together. The midst of the seas: see Eze 27:26.
In the day; the time indeed was long preparing for the fall, but a day finished it.
Ruin; utter desolation.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv27–29 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the…
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. Or governors, as the Targum; and so the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions: the allegory of a ship wrecked is still continued: the sense is, that such should be the cry of the principal men of the city when it should be taken, that the noise of it would be heard upon the continent, and in the towns and villages belonging to Tyre, which would make the inhabitants of them tremble: or,
at the sound of the cry of thy pilots the waves are moved, or "tremble" (g); which beat very strong at the time of her fall into the sea.
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(g) "commoti sunt fluctus jactni", Junius & Tremellius; "contremiscent fluctus", Piscator.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv27–29 All thy company - All that are men fit…
All thy company - All that are men fit for war, in the multitudes of people that are in thee. Shall fall - These all shall fall together.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv27–28 Verse 27. Thy riches] This vast ship, laden with…
Verse 27. Thy riches] This vast ship, laden with all kinds of valuable wares, and manned in the best manner, being wrecked, all her valuables, sailors, officers, &c., went to the bottom.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v27 Eze 27:27-32. Thy riches, &c., and all thy company,…
Eze 27:27-32. Thy riches, &c., and all thy company, shall fall into the midst of the seas — Shall be as utterly ruined and destroyed as if they were sunk in the sea by a shipwreck. Or, this may signify their falling in a sea- fight. The suburbs shall shake, &c. — The cry of thy wounded seamen shall make the inhabitants of the suburbs shake for fear: See Eze 26:15. The mariners, &c., shall come down from their ships — Seafaring men, finding no encouragement to follow their employment, now thy traffic is destroyed, shall lay aside their trade, and mourn over thee. They shall stand upon the land — Bishop Newcome reads, upon the shore, understanding it of “the shore of the adjoining island, from which they viewed the conflagration of their city.” St. Jerome tells us, from the ancient histories of the Assyrians, that when the safety of the city was despaired of, great numbers of Tyrians secured themselves and their riches in their ships. See notes on Isa 23:1; Isa 23:12. And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee — Or rather, over thee, as the LXX. and Vulgate translate it. And shall cry bitterly — For the common ruin, and their own share in it. And shall cast up dust upon their heads — Shall use expressions of the deepest mourning and lamentation. They shall wallow themselves in ashes — As having bid a final farewell to all ease and comfort. They shall make themselves utterly bald for thee — Another expression of public sorrow. And — They, who used to wear fine linen; shall gird them with sackcloth — According to the custom of great mourners. And shall weep for bitterness of heart — Instead of singing, as formerly, their merry songs. And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee — The words allude to the public lamentations made at funerals. See note on Jer 9:17-18. Saying, What city is like Tyrus — Did ever any city come down from such a height of prosperity to such depth of adversity? Like the destroyed in the midst of the sea — Alas! what was once her safeguard, and the source of her wealth, is now her grave.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv27–29 All who have been enumerated as sharing in, and…
All who have been enumerated as sharing in, and constituting, the glory of Tyre are now recounted as partakers in her wreck.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv27–29 The detailed enumeration implies the utter completeness of the…
The detailed enumeration implies the utter completeness of the ruin.
and in all thy company--"even with all thy collected multitude" [HENDERSON].
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv28–29 28. The suburbs — Or adjoining coast lands. R.V.,…
28. The suburbs — Or adjoining coast lands. R.V., margin, “waves.”
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv27–29 27. and thy fairs] thy wares. The verse is…
27. and thy fairs] thy wares. The verse is interesting for the enumeration which it gives both of the crew and cargo. The cargo is described in three words: riches, wares and merchandise—the last two words meaning the same thing virtually, though differing in shade of idea. The verse shews that any such rendering as “fair,” “market” for these terms cannot be sustained, the things are here said to fall into the heart of the seas, cf. Eze_27:33-34. The crew consists of (1) sailors, (2) pilots, (3) calkers (carpenters), (4) handlers of the wares, and (5) men of war.
and in all thy company] even all thy.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv27–29 (27) And in all.—Better, as in the margin, with…
(27) And in all.—Better, as in the margin, with all. The thought is that all that went to make up the strength and the glory of Tyre perished in one great catastrophe. Many classes are enumerated, and the statement is made general by adding “with all thy company.” All are represented as going down together with the ship. (Comp. Eze_27:34.)
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv28–29 The suburbs. The word is so translated in Eze_45:2,…
The suburbs. The word is so translated in Eze_45:2, and Eze_48:17, and is used of the pasture-lands round the cities of refuge in Num_35:2. Here it is probably used in a wider sense for the coastlands of Phoenicia, or even (as in the margin) for the "waves" that washed the shores of the island-city. The Vulgate gives classes (equivalent to "fleets").
Vers. 28-36. The bewailing of the city.
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Very picturesque and impressive is this representation of the effect produced upon the nations by the fall of Tyre. So world-wide was the city"s commerce, that no people, however distant, could be unaffected by the catastrophe; and so awful was its fate, that no sensitive mind could contemplate it unmoved. To the vision of the prophet-poet, the galley labors and strains, and at last sinks in the waters of the Mediterranean. The dwellers upon the land and those who sail the sea gather together upon the shore to witness the shipwreck. Their cry and bitter wailing fill the air. Every sigma of humiliation and of mourning is exhibited by the spectators. A lamentation, a dirge, rises from the company of those deeply moved by sympathetic sorrow. They celebrate the glories of the past; they bear witness to present calamity and woe; they confess with terror that Tyre never shall be more. We trace in the demeanor and the language here depicted
I ASTONISHMENT AT THE SPECTACLE OF DESTRUCTION. The scene was so unexpected, so much in contradiction to all human anticipation and foresight, so revolutionary, so appalling, that amazement was the predominant emotion of those who witnessed it.
II SENSE OF THE WORLD"S LOSS BY REASON OF THE SHIPWRECK. The earth seemed poorer for the overthrow and annihilation of Tyre the leading seaport and commercial center of the nations. In Ver. 33 this loss is depicted, the loss alike of peoples and of kings. Riches and merchandise disappeared, engulfed with Tyre in the insatiable deep. The march of human civilization seemed to be arrested.
III CONTRAST WITH THE REMEMBERED AND MEMORABLE PAST. Cities, like men, are sometimes best understood and appreciated when they are no more. Those who recollected Tyre"s splendor would, in their old age, tell a new generation of the bygone wonders. "Who is there like Tyre, like her that is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?" The puny successors to the peerless seaport would point many a moral, and inspire many a regret for vanished glories.
IV UNSETTLEMENT AND FOREBODING AS TO THE FUTURE. Astonishment is often associated with fear and trouble. When a vast calamity occurs, it is as if the fountains of the great deep were broken up.
Men"s hearts fail them for fear. What is to be the future of the world"s history? What nation is secure? What throne is stable? What principle, what power, shall bear sway in coming times? There is but one answer to these questions, but one confidence that can never be shaken, "The kingdoms of the earth are the Lord"s.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v28 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to Tyre. The city of Tyre continues to be described as if it were a wrecked ship. (See: Metaphor)
Read full note →
General Information:
The words "you" and "your" in these verses refer to Tyre.
Cities at the sea will tremble
Here "Cities at the sea" represents the people in those cities. AT: "The people of the cities by the sea will tremble" (See: Metonymy)
All those who handle oars
"All the rowers"
wail bitterly
"cry out sadly"
they will cast dust up on their heads. They will roll about in ashes
These are expressions of grieving and mourning. (See: Symbolic Action)
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