Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 27:28
28. The suburbs—the buildings of Tyre on the adjoining continent. read more
Ezekiel 27:27-29, Ezekiel 27:8 Web
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 27:29
29. So on the downfall of spiritual Babylon (Revelation 18:17, &c.). shall stand upon . . . land—being cast out of their ships in which heretofore they prided themselves. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 27:25-36
The sinking of the great ship 27:25-36This great ship (commercial empire) was headed for shipwreck. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 27:26-27
Tyre’s merchants had brought her "ship" into great waters, but there it encountered a strong east wind that broke it, namely, Babylon. All who contributed to the success of Tyre’s enterprise would fall into the chaotic sea when God overthrew this ship of state."Any ship can be sunk by the Master of the seas." [Note: Stuart, p. 267.] read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 27:28-31
The cry of the Tyrians when destruction came would cause all her merchants, trading partners, and onlookers to bewail and mourn (cf. Revelation 18:17-19). read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:1-36
The Wreck of the gallant ShipUnder the figure of a ship, splendidly equipped, fully manned, and richly laden, but steered into stormy waters and wrecked, Ezekiel describes the fall of Tyre. In Ezekiel 27:10-20 the figure is partly dropped.3. People] RV ’peoples’; and so everywhere. 5. Senir] Mt. Hermon (Deuteronomy 3:9). 6. The company of the Ashurites.. ivory] RV ’hey have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood.’ The ’teasshur’ (mistaken in AV for Ashurites or Assyrians) was a species of... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 27:27
(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. Ezekiel 27:34.) read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 27:28
(28) Suburbs.—This word means an open place around a building or city. There was no land around Tyre, and it is here used, therefore, in a general sense—all thy surroundings. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 27:29
(29) Shall come down from their ships.—The colonies and dependencies of Tyre are, in keeping with the figure, the smaller craft which escape to the shore, and there lament the fall of their mistress. read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 27:27
27. The detailed enumeration implies the utter completeness of the ruin. and in all thy company—"even with all thy collected multitude" [HENDERSON]. read more