EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 27:1 This second installment of the prophecy against TYRE is both simple and complex. It follows a simple story line, in the form of a lament, but the language and technical details are complex. In spite of these obscure details and uncertain place names, however, the force o... [ Continue Reading ]
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 27:8 The MARINERS came from various Phoenician coastal cities. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 27:10 PERSIA (modern Iran), LUD (probably in Asia Minor), and PUT (Libya) mark a vast geographical triangle from which foreign mercenaries were recruited. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 27:11 The identities of the final group of place names are uncertain. They complete the BEAUTY boasted of in vv. Ezekiel 27:3. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 27:12 The impressive range of merchant connections begins and ends with TARSHISH, probably in southern Spain. Tyre’s trade stretched along the whole extent of the Mediterranean. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 27:13 The names JAVAN, TUBAL, AND MESHECH first occur as sons of Japheth in Genesis 10:2 (repeated in 1 Chronicles 1:5). By Ezekiel’s time the names signified geographical regions, perhaps peopled by descendants of those men. The primary importance of the names here is to sig... [ Continue Reading ]