Ezekiel 27:25

The "ships of Tarshish" here are deep-sea ships, great ships trading to the most distant coasts, Isaiah 2:16; Psalms 48:7.

did sing of thee For this Ges. suggested "were thy caravans" from a verb signifying to travel (Isaiah 57:9). The camel has been called the ship of the desert, but conversely to call an east indiaman a caravan is too brilliant for the prophet. Probably by a slight change of reading: the ships of Tarshish did serve thee with(in) thy wares (Ezekiel 27:13; Ezekiel 27:17&c.), cf. Isaiah 60:9-10, and above Ezekiel 27:9. So Aquila (Field).

made very glorious Rather: and wast heavily laden. The figure of a mistress served by all nations, who bring wares and riches to her from all lands, passes here again into the idea of the vessel deeply laden with cargo, and therefore more easily shipwrecked and broken in dangerous waters.