エゼキエル書 27:27-31 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:1-36

A celebration of remarkable prosperity. "The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus," etc. "We have here," says Hengstenberg," the lamentation over the fall of Tyre, announced in the foregoing chapter. First, its present glory is presented at full length to the view ( Ezekiel 27:1-25 ); then its fall, the importance of which can only be understood from the knowledge of its glory. We must profoundly know the gloria mundi if we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:26-27

National shipwreck. The metaphor employed in this passage by the poet-prophet is peculiarly appropriate. What so fitted to represent the maritime city Tyre as a gallant ship? In figurative language Ezekiel pictures the stateliness and prosperity, followed by the wreck and destruction, of the famous mistress of the seas. I. TYRE IN ITS PROSPERITY IS LIKE A MAJESTIC AND RICHLY LADEN GALLEY . Commerce and wealth, maritime and military greatness, are characteristic of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:28

The suburbs. The word is so translated in Ezekiel 45:2 , and Ezekiel 48:17 , and is used of the pasture-lands round the cities of refuge in Numbers 35:2 . Here it is probably used in a wider sense for the coast-lands of Phoenicia, or even for the "waves" that washed the shores of the island-city. The Vulgate gives classes (equivalent to "fleets"). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:28-36

The bewailing of the city. 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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:29-31

And all that handle the oar , etc. The picture is, perhaps, figurative. As Tyre itself was the great state-ship, so the other ships may stand for the other Phoenician cities that beheld her downfall. Looking to the picture itself, it presents the rowers and others as feeling that, if the great ship had been wrecked, there was little hope of safety for them, and so they leave their ships and stand on the coast wailing. (For casting dust , as a sign of mourning, see Joshua 7:6 ; 1 Samuel... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 27:27

All who have been enumerated as sharing in, and constituting, the glory of Tyre are now recounted as partakers in her wreck. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 27:28

The suburbs - Or, “precincts.” Tyre rose from the midst of the sea; her “precincts” were the surrounding waters and the adjoining coasts. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 27:29

As Tyre is figured by a large vessel, so are the subject-states by smaller boats which accompany the great ship. These terrified by the storm approach the land. Tyre is hopelessly swallowed up, crew and all, in the midst of the sea. The small crafts escape to shore. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 27:31

Utterly bald - See Ezekiel 7:18 note. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 27:27-32

Ezekiel 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 Ezekiel 26:15. The mariners, &c., shall come down from their ships Seafaring men, finding no encouragement to follow their... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:1-36

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:26-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:28-36

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:29-31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 27:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 27:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 27:29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 27:31

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 27:27-32

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