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Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ezekiel 27:26-36

The Fall of Tyre v. 26. Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters, Tyre being once more represented as a stately vessel of the galley variety, driven by one or more rows of oars in the hands of powerful oarsmen. The east wind, which often blows in sudden, furious gusts, hath broken thee in the midst of the seas, in a shipwreck which meant the death-blow of Tyre in the midst of her glory. v. 27. Thy riches, all the marvelous wealth heaped up in her banks and storehouses, and thy fairs,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ezekiel 27:1-36

HOMILETICAL HINTSOn Ch. 27Ezekiel 27:1-10. “When Tyre rejoices over Jerusalem, then the prophet raises a lamentation over Tyre: this is the recompense of the pious” (Stck.).—If we must not repay evil with evil, there still is with God a recompensing of evil with evil.—“All human and earthly things go out at last in lamentation” (Stck.).—This is the lamentation of the Spirit, that the world sows to the flesh, and of the flesh reaps corruption.—With kettledrums and flutes the world begins, but it... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 27:1-36

At the command of Jehovah, Ezekiel then took up a lamentation for Tyre. This took the form of a pictorial representation of her as a gallant ship trafficking among the nations and ultimately wrecked, to the consternation of all that beheld. The subjects set forth under the figure are her commercial supremacy, enterprises, and ruin. Her supremacy was ensured by the fact that she sat at the entrances of the sea, and the wealth of the nations round about had contributed to that result, until Tyre... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:35-36

“All the inhabitants of the coastlands, are appalled at you, And their kings are horribly afraid, their countenance is troubled, The merchants among the people hiss at you, you have become terrors ( a dreadful warning to men), And you will be no more for ever.” Their doom will shake the world. They will be for ever a dreadful warning to men and from it there is no escape. They will be a byword forever. The hissing of the merchants indicates not contempt but appalled awareness. read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:1-36

Ezekiel 27. The Dirge over Tyre.— The interest of the brilliant poem that follows is greatly enhanced by the description of the commerce of Tyre in a passage ( Ezekiel 27:9 b - Ezekiel 27:25 a) remarkable alike for its textual difficulty and for its importance as a source for our knowledge of the trade of the ancient world. Tyre is compared to a gallant ship, of finished beauty, with equipments the finest and costliest, manned and piloted by the most skilful of sailors ( Ezekiel 27:1-1 Samuel... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 27:35

The isles; strictly and in a larger sense the seacoasts. Astonished; wondering it ever should be effected that Tyre should fall. Sore afraid: knowing how they are much less able to resist and defend themselves, and not knowing where that mighty conqueror would next try his arms and fortune. They shall be troubled; shall not be able to conceal the discomposure of their mind; but in their countenance a trouble made up of grief, fear, and indignation, grief for their friends, fear for themselves,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 27:1-36

TYRE’S FORMER GREATNESS, SUGGESTING A LAMENTATION OVER HER SAD DOWNFALL (Chap. 27)EXEGETICAL NOTES.—“The lamentation commences with a picture of the glory of the city of Tyre, its situation, its architectural beauty, its military strength and defences (Ezekiel 27:3-11), and its wide commercial relations (Ezekiel 27:12-25); and then passes into mournful lamentation over the ruin of all this glory (Ezekiel 27:26-36).”—Keil.Ezekiel 27:1-11. Introduction and description of the glory and might of... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 27:1-36

Chapter 27So the word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation ( Ezekiel 27:1-2 )This is a wailing, a cry for Tyrus. This is lamenting the destruction that is come.And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate [or situated] at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people of many coasts, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty ( Ezekiel 27:3 ).Now, the city of Tyre is in the first part of chapter 27 likened... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 27:1-36

Ezekiel 27:6 . The isles of Chittim. Cilicia, Cyprus, Macedonia, the Greek islands, or Apulia on the shores of Italy. Thus critics take the word in a general sense. Ezekiel 27:9 . Gebal, a district of Phœnicia, adjacent to Tyre. The city was of the same name. Pliny writes it Gabala. Ezekiel 27:12 . Tarshish. It is matter of doubt whether this word signifies Cadiz, Tartessus, or ocean. See Isaiah 23:6. Yet we read of “the kings of Tarshish,” Psalms 72:10; and they cannot reign on the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 27:1-36

Ezekiel 27:1-36Take up a lamentation for Tyrus.A proud cityThe men of the world are wise, choosing the fittest places for their own advantage and interest. Let us learn so much of the men of the world, to be wise for our spiritual interest, and seat ourselves near the waters of the sanctuary, that so, trading with God and Christ, we may abound with spiritual treasure.2. Outward excellences lift up men’s hearts, beget vain confidences, and cause them to boast. This is the great wickedness of... read more

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