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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 27:6

Oaks; of pines, say some; of chesnut-trees, say others: but, since oaks, and those of Bashan, are famous in sacred dendrology, I know not why we should not keep to our own version, since the primary notation of the Hebrew leads us to it. The company of the Ashurites: as we read these words, there arise many difficulties in the expounding them. If the conjecture of the learned Bochart be well considered, it will seem very probable the words would be better rendered thus; Thy benches they have... 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

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 27:6

Ezekiel 27:6 [Of] the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches [of] ivory, [brought] out of the isles of Chittim. Ver. 6. Of the cakes of Bashan. ] Those very best of the best. See Ezekiel 27:5 . Out of the isles of Chittim, ] i.e., Of Greece and the Archipelago, Gen 10:4 far set and dear bought. Benches and decks might well have been made of worse matters: sed opulentiam fere sequitur superbia, luxus, libido, &c.; wealth breeds... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ezekiel 27:6

the oaks: Isaiah 2:13, Zechariah 11:2 the company: etc. or, they have made thy hatches of ivory well trodden, Rather, "thy benches have they made of ivory inlaid with box, from the isles of Chittim." Vulgate, de insulis Italie "from the islands of Italy," which were always famous for box-trees. company: Heb. daughters the isles: Genesis 10:4, Kittim, Numbers 24:24, Jeremiah 2:10 Reciprocal: Genesis 25:3 - Asshurim Numbers 21:33 - Bashan 1 Kings 10:18 - ivory 1 Kings 22:39 - the ivory house... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ezekiel 27:6

Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.With box — From the isles, and parts about the Ionian, Aegean, and other seas of the Mediterranean, where box-tree is a native, and of great growth and firmness, fit to saw into boards for benches; they were conveyed to Tyre, where their artists inlaid these box boards with ivory, and made them beautiful seats in their ships. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:6

6. The company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim R.V., “they have made thy benches [deck] of ivory inlaid in boxwood [larch], from the isles of Kittim.” Kittim, or Chittim, is generally connected with Kition in Cyprus and supposed to mean in a general sense “Cyprians.” (Compare Numbers 24:24.) Hommel, however, connects the word with the well-known Kheta, or Hittites, though specially applied to Cilicia or Cyprus; Jensen, with a Phoenician... read more