Ezekiel 26:16 - Exposition

The princes of the sea are not the kings of the isles, but the merchant-princes of the city ( Isaiah 23:8 ). They shall lay aside their robes of state—Tyrian purple embroidered with gold and silver—and shall put on the garments of mourners. Jonah 3:6 presents an interesting parallel. The word thrones is used, as in 1 Samuel 4:13 , for any chair of state, as that of priest or judge ( Proverbs 9:14 ; Esther 3:1 ), as well as for the specifically kingly throne. For the, most part, however, the later meaning is dominant.