1.
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
Reciprocal: Psalms 87:4 - Tyre Jeremiah 25:22 - Tyrus Ezekiel 26:2 - Tyrus
2.
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
3.
And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
O thou: Tyre was situated in the Mediterranean, at the nearest entrance to it from the interior and eastern part of Asia. Ezekiel 27:4, Ezekiel 27:25, Ezekiel 26:17, Ezekiel 28:2, Ezekiel 28:3, Isaiah 23:2
a merchant: Ezekiel 27:12-36, Isaiah 23:3, Isaiah 23:8, Isaiah 23:11, Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:11-15
I am: Ezekiel 27:4, Ezekiel 27:10, Ezekiel 27:11, Ezekiel 28:12-17, Psalms 50:2, Isaiah 23:9
of perfect beauty: Heb. perfect of beauty
Reciprocal: Proverbs 31:14 - General Isaiah 14:13 - thou Ezekiel 26:12 - thy merchandise Ezekiel 27:33 - thy wares Ezekiel 28:15 - perfect Ezekiel 32:19 - dost
4.
Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
midst: Heb. heart, Ezekiel 26:5
Reciprocal: Isaiah 23:2 - the isle Ezekiel 27:3 - O thou Ezekiel 27:11 - they have Ezekiel 27:25 - glorious Ezekiel 28:2 - in the midst Ezekiel 28:12 - Thou sealest Ezekiel 28:15 - perfect Ezekiel 32:19 - dost
5.
They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
made: Heb. built
of Senir: Deuteronomy 3:9, Song of Solomon 4:8, Shenir
cedars: 1 Kings 5:1, 1 Kings 5:6, Psalms 29:5, Psalms 92:12, Psalms 104:16, Isaiah 14:8
Reciprocal: Revelation 18:12 - merchandise
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.
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 1 Chronicles 1:7 - Kittim Psalms 37:31 - steps Isaiah 11:11 - the islands Isaiah 23:1 - the land Isaiah 23:12 - pass Isaiah 23:17 - and she shall Daniel 11:18 - the isles Daniel 11:30 - the ships
7.
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
linen: 1 Kings 10:28, Proverbs 7:16, Isaiah 19:9
blue and purple: or, purple and scarlet, Exodus 25:4, Jeremiah 10:9
Elishah: Elis, part of the Peloponnesus, extending along the western coast of Arcadia, north of Messenia, and south of Achaia. Genesis 10:4, 1 Chronicles 1:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 10:2 - General Genesis 41:42 - fine linen Judges 8:26 - purple Ezekiel 27:27 - Thy riches Luke 16:19 - purple
8.
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
Zidon: Genesis 10:15, Sidon, Genesis 49:13, Joshua 11:8
Arvad: Ezekiel 27:11, Genesis 10:18, Isaiah 10:9, Jeremiah 49:23
wise: Ezekiel 27:28, 1 Kings 5:6, 1 Kings 9:27, 2 Chronicles 2:13, 2 Chronicles 2:14
Reciprocal: Isaiah 23:2 - the merchants Ezekiel 28:21 - Zidon
9.
The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
Gebal: Joshua 13:5, 1 Kings 5:18, *marg. Psalms 83:7
calkers: or, stoppers of chinks, Heb. strengtheners, Ezekiel 27:27
10.
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
Persia: Ezekiel 38:5, Daniel 5:28
of Lud: Ezekiel 30:5, Genesis 10:6, Genesis 10:13, Genesis 10:22, 1 Chronicles 1:8, 1 Chronicles 1:11, 1 Chronicles 1:17, Isaiah 66:19, Jeremiah 46:9, Nahum 3:9
they hanged: Ezekiel 27:11, Song of Solomon 4:4
Reciprocal: Genesis 48:19 - I know it Jeremiah 46:21 - her hired Ezekiel 27:3 - I am
11.
The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
of Arvad: Ezekiel 27:8
they have: Ezekiel 27:3, Ezekiel 27:4
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 46:21 - her hired Ezekiel 27:10 - they hanged
12.
Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
Ezekiel 38:13, Genesis 10:4, 1 Kings 10:22, 1 Kings 22:48, 2 Chronicles 20:36, 2 Chronicles 20:37, Psalms 72:10, Isaiah 2:16, Isaiah 23:6, Isaiah 23:10, Isaiah 23:14, Isaiah 60:9, Jeremiah 10:9, Jonah 1:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 10:2 - General Isaiah 47:15 - thy merchants Ezekiel 27:3 - a merchant Ezekiel 27:27 - Thy riches Ezekiel 27:33 - thy wares Ezekiel 28:5 - and by Ezekiel 28:16 - the multitude
13.
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
Javan: Genesis 10:2, Genesis 10:4, 1 Chronicles 1:5, 1 Chronicles 1:7, Isaiah 66:19, Daniel 8:21, Daniel 10:20, Daniel 11:2
Tubal: Ezekiel 32:26, Ezekiel 38:2, Ezekiel 38:3, Ezekiel 39:1, Genesis 10:2, 1 Chronicles 1:5
the persons: Joel 3:3, Revelation 18:13
market: or, merchandise
Reciprocal: Genesis 36:6 - persons Deuteronomy 24:7 - found 1 Chronicles 5:21 - men Psalms 120:5 - Mesech Joel 3:6 - have ye
14.
They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
Togarmah: Ezekiel 38:6, Genesis 10:3, 1 Chronicles 1:6
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 10:25 - and mules
15.
The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
Dedan: Ezekiel 27:20, Genesis 10:7, Genesis 25:3, 1 Chronicles 1:9, 1 Chronicles 1:32, Jeremiah 25:23, Jeremiah 49:8
of ivory: 1 Kings 10:22, Revelation 18:12
Reciprocal: Genesis 43:11 - a little balm 1 Kings 22:39 - the ivory house Isaiah 21:13 - O ye Ezekiel 38:13 - Sheba
16.
Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
Syria: Genesis 10:22, Aram, Genesis 28:5, Judges 10:6, 2 Samuel 8:5, 2 Samuel 10:6, 2 Samuel 15:8, Isaiah 7:2
the wares of thy making: Heb. thy works
agate: or, chrysoprase.
Reciprocal: Exodus 28:18 - emerald Job 28:18 - coral Proverbs 31:24 - General Ezekiel 28:13 - every
17.
Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
wheat: Deuteronomy 8:8, Deuteronomy 32:14, 1 Kings 5:9, 2 Chronicles 2:10, Ezra 3:7, Acts 12:20
Minnith: Judges 11:33
balm: or, rosin, Genesis 43:11, Jeremiah 8:22
Reciprocal: Psalms 147:14 - filleth Jeremiah 46:11 - Gilead John 6:9 - barley
18.
Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
Damascus: Genesis 15:2, 1 Kings 11:24, 1 Kings 11:25, Isaiah 7:8, Acts 9:2
Helbon: The Chalybon of the Greeks and Romans, now called by the natives Haleb, and by us Aleppo, said to have been so celebrated for its wine, that the Persian kings would drink no other. It was a celebrated city of Syria, situated about 90 miles from the Mediterranean by way of Antioch, and 100 from the Euphrates, in lat. 36 degrees 11 minutes 25 seconds north, long. 37 degrees 9 minutes east; and previous to its destruction by an earthquake in 1822, occupied, including its suburbs, eight small hills, with the intermediate valleys, comprehending a circuit of about seven miles; and its inhabitants were variously estimated at from 100,000 to 258,000 souls.
Reciprocal: Job 3:14 - kings Ezekiel 27:27 - Thy riches
19.
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
Dan: Judges 18:29
going to and fro: or, Menzal
cassia: Exodus 30:23, Exodus 30:24, Psalms 45:8, Song of Solomon 4:13, Song of Solomon 4:14
Reciprocal: Genesis 10:2 - General Ezekiel 27:27 - Thy riches
20.
Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
Dedan: Ezekiel 27:15, Genesis 25:3
precious clothes: Heb. clothes of freedom
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 1:32 - Dedan Isaiah 21:13 - O ye Jeremiah 25:23 - Dedan Ezekiel 38:13 - Sheba
21.
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
Arabia: 1 Kings 10:15, Jeremiah 25:24, Acts 2:11, Galatians 4:25
Kedar: Genesis 25:13, 1 Chronicles 1:29, Song of Solomon 1:5, Isaiah 21:16, Isaiah 60:7
occupied with thee: Heb. were the merchants of thy hand
in lambs: 2 Chronicles 17:11, Isaiah 60:7
Reciprocal: Isaiah 21:13 - O ye Jeremiah 49:28 - Kedar
22.
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
Sheba: Genesis 10:7, 1 Kings 10:1-13, 1 Chronicles 1:9, 2 Chronicles 9:1-12, Psalms 72:10, Psalms 72:15, Isaiah 60:6
Reciprocal: Exodus 30:23 - thee principal Job 6:19 - Sheba Jeremiah 6:20 - Sheba Ezekiel 27:27 - Thy riches Ezekiel 28:13 - every Ezekiel 38:13 - Sheba
23.
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.
Haran: Genesis 11:31, Genesis 11:32, Genesis 12:4, 2 Kings 19:12, Isaiah 37:12, Acts 7:4, Charran
Canneh: Genesis 10:10, Genesis 10:22, Calneh, Isaiah 10:9, Calno, Amos 6:2, Calneh
Eden: Genesis 2:8, Amos 1:5
Sheba: Genesis 25:3, Job 1:15
Asshur: Genesis 32:22, Numbers 24:22, Psalms 83:8, Isaiah 7:18, Isaiah 7:20
Reciprocal: Genesis 10:11 - Asshur 1 Kings 10:1 - Sheba 1 Chronicles 1:17 - Asshur Job 6:19 - Sheba Ezekiel 38:13 - Sheba
24.
These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.
all sorts of things: or, excellent things
clothes: Heb. foldings. 2 Kings 2:8
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 27:27 - Thy riches Revelation 18:23 - thy merchants
25.
The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
ships: 1 Kings 10:22, Psalms 48:7, Isaiah 2:16, Isaiah 23:14, Isaiah 60:9
glorious: Ezekiel 27:4
Reciprocal: Isaiah 23:15 - shall Tyre sing as an harlot Ezekiel 27:3 - O thou Ezekiel 38:13 - Sheba Revelation 18:23 - thy merchants
26.
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
rowers: Isaiah 33:23
great: Ezekiel 26:19, Psalms 93:3, Psalms 93:4, Revelation 17:15
the east: Ezekiel 27:34, Psalms 48:7, Acts 27:14, Acts 27:41
midst: Heb. heart
Reciprocal: Psalms 69:2 - deep waters Psalms 107:23 - go down Jeremiah 51:42 - General Ezekiel 26:3 - as the sea Ezekiel 27:27 - midst Ezekiel 27:32 - the destroyed Ezekiel 28:2 - in the midst Ezekiel 28:8 - are slain Zechariah 9:4 - he will John 6:19 - had rowed
27.
Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
Thy riches: In these beautiful and expressive figures, Tyre is represented as a ship at sea, wrecked through the mistakes of her pilots and rowers; that is, destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and afterwards by Alexander, in consequence of her rulers having pertinaciously resolved to withstand those haughty conquerors. This vast ship, laden with all kinds of valuable wares, being wrecked, all her valuables, sailors, officers, etc. went to the bottom. Ezekiel 27:7-9, Ezekiel 27:12, Ezekiel 27:18, Ezekiel 27:19, Ezekiel 27:22, Ezekiel 27:24, Ezekiel 27:34, Ezekiel 26:12, Proverbs 11:4, Revelation 18:11-24
and in all: or, even with all
shall fall: Ezekiel 26:14, Ezekiel 26:21
midst: Heb. heart, Ezekiel 27:26
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 49:26 - General Ezekiel 27:9 - calkers Ezekiel 27:33 - with the Ezekiel 28:2 - in the midst Ezekiel 28:8 - are slain Amos 5:1 - I take Revelation 18:17 - And every
28.
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
suburbs: or waves
shake: Ezekiel 27:35, Ezekiel 26:10, Ezekiel 26:15-18, Ezekiel 31:16, Exodus 15:14, Nahum 2:3
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 26:18 - the isles tremble Ezekiel 27:8 - wise
29.
And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
all that handle: Revelation 18:17-24
shall come: Ezekiel 26:16, Ezekiel 32:10
Reciprocal: Isaiah 23:5 - so shall Isaiah 43:14 - whose cry
30.
And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
shall cause: All that were on land, seeing this gallant ship perishing with all her men and goods, are here represented as setting up a dismal cry at the heart-rending sight. Ezekiel 27:31, Ezekiel 27:32, Ezekiel 26:17, Isaiah 23:1-6, Revelation 18:9-19
cast: 1 Samuel 4:12, 2 Samuel 1:2, Job 2:12, Lamentations 2:10, Revelation 18:19
they shall wallow: Esther 4:1-4, Job 2:8, Job 42:6, Jeremiah 6:26, Jeremiah 25:34, Jonah 3:6, Micah 1:10
Reciprocal: Joshua 7:6 - put dust Jeremiah 51:8 - howl Amos 8:10 - sackcloth Revelation 18:18 - What
31.
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
they shall make: Ezekiel 7:18, Leviticus 21:5, Deuteronomy 14:1, Isaiah 15:2, Isaiah 22:12, Jeremiah 16:6, Jeremiah 47:5, Jeremiah 48:37, Amos 8:10, Micah 1:16
they shall weep: Isaiah 16:9, Isaiah 22:4, Micah 1:8
Reciprocal: Esther 4:1 - and cried Isaiah 3:24 - a girding Jeremiah 6:26 - gird Jeremiah 25:34 - wallow Lamentations 2:10 - they have girded Ezekiel 27:30 - shall cause Revelation 18:15 - shall
32.
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
take up: Ezekiel 27:2, Ezekiel 26:17
What city: Lamentations 1:12, Lamentations 2:13, Revelation 18:18
the destroyed: Ezekiel 27:26, Ezekiel 26:4, Ezekiel 26:5
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 26:3 - as the sea Ezekiel 27:30 - shall cause Ezekiel 28:12 - take up Ezekiel 32:2 - take up
33.
When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
thy wares: Ezekiel 27:3, Ezekiel 27:12-36, Isaiah 23:3-8, Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:12-15, Revelation 18:19
with the: Ezekiel 27:27, Ezekiel 28:16
Reciprocal: Zechariah 9:3 - heaped Revelation 18:23 - thy merchants
34.
In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
Ezekiel 27:26, Ezekiel 27:27, Ezekiel 26:12-15, Ezekiel 26:19-21, Zechariah 9:3, Zechariah 9:4
Reciprocal: Exodus 15:5 - depths Isaiah 23:11 - stretched Ezekiel 28:8 - are slain Acts 27:41 - broken Revelation 18:23 - thy merchants
35.
All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
the inhabitants: Ezekiel 26:15-18, Isaiah 23:6
their kings: Ezekiel 28:17-19, Ezekiel 32:10, Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:10
Reciprocal: Isaiah 23:11 - stretched Jeremiah 51:41 - an astonishment Ezekiel 26:16 - be astonished Ezekiel 27:28 - shake Ezekiel 28:19 - they Ezekiel 30:9 - great
36.
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
hiss: Ezekiel 26:2, 1 Kings 9:8, Jeremiah 18:16, Jeremiah 19:8, Lamentations 2:15, Zephaniah 2:15
thou shalt: Ezekiel 26:14, Ezekiel 26:21
a terror: Heb. terrors
never shalt be any more: Heb. shalt not be forever Psalms 37:10, Psalms 37:36
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 28:19 - they