エゼキエル書 27:3-11 JC

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:3

The entry of the sea - Tyre was a small island, or rather rock, in the sea, at a short distance from the main land. We have already seen that there was another Tyre on the main land; but they are both considered as one city. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:4

Thy builders have perfected thy beauty - Under the allegory of a beautiful ship, the prophet, here and in the following verses, paints the glory of this ancient city. Horace describes the commonwealth of Rome by the same allegory, and is as minute in his description, Carm. lib. 1. Od. xiv: - O navis, referent in mare te novi Fluctus? O quid agis? Fortiter occupa Portum. Nonne video, ut Nudum remigio latus, Et malus celeri saucius Africo, Antennaeque gemant? ac sine funibus ... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:5

Fir trees of Senir - Senir is a mountain which the Sidonians called Sirion, and the Hebrews Hermon, Deuteronomy 3:9 . It was beyond Jordan, and extended from Libanus to the mountains of Gilead. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:6

Of the oaks of Bashan - Some translate alder, others the pine. The company of the Ashurites - The word אשרים asherim is by several translated boxwood. The seats or benches being made of this wood inlaid with ivory. Isles of Chittim - The Italian islands; the islands of Greece; Cyprus. Calmet says Macedonia is meant. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:7

Fine linen - שש shesh , cotton cloth. In this sense the word is generally to be understood. To be thy sail - Probably the flag - ensign or pennant, is meant. Blue and purple from the isles of Elishah - Elis, a part of the Peloponnesus. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:8

Zidon and Arvad - Or Arad. Two powerful cities on the Phoenician coast, in the neighborhood of Tyre, from which Tyre had her sailors; and the best instructed of her own inhabitants were her pilots or steersmen. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:9

The ancients of Gebal - This was a city of Phoenicia, near Mount Libanus, Joshua 13:5 . It was called Biblos by the Greeks. Thy calkers - Those who repaired their vessels; paying, as it is termed, pitched hemp into the seams, to prevent the water from oozing through. To occupy thy merchandise - That is, to be thy agents or factors. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:10

They of Persia - Lud, the Lydians; Phut, a people of Africa, see Genesis 10:6 . From these places they had auxiliary troops; for as they traded with the then known world, were rich, and could afford to give good pay, they no doubt had soldiers and sailors from every part. Skilful and desperate men will go any where after their price. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:11

The Gammadims were in thy towers - Some think these were a people of Phoenicia; others, that tutelar images are meant; others, that the word expresses strong men, Who acted as guards. The Vulgate reads Pygmaei , the pygmies, who were fabled to be a little people of a cubit in height, from גמד gomed . a cubit; and are told that this little people were celebrated for their wars with the cranes; but nothing of this kind can enter into this description. Probably a people inhabiting the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:1-25

The beauty, glory, and replenishment of the city of Tyre. This portion of Ezekiel's writings evinces a very remarkable acquaintance with the geography and the economics of the then known world. Perhaps the prophet, living in the heart of a great Oriental monarchy, and in intercourse not only with his countrymen, but with men of various nationalities, may have acquired something more of a cosmopolitan habit of mind than was common among the Jews. Certain it is that the commercial relations... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:1-25

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