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Verse Ezekiel 27:6. _OF THE OAKS OF BASHAN_] Some translate _alder_,
others the _pine_.
_THE COMPANY OF THE ASHURITES_] The word אשרים _asherim_ is by
several translated _boxwood_. The _seats_ or _be...
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THE COMPANY ... IVORY - Rather, “thy benches (or, deck) made they of
ivory with boxwood” (or, larch), i. e., boxwood inlaid with ivory.
THE ISLES - (or, coasts) of Chittim is a phrase used constantly...
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Ezekiel 27:1. Ezekiel 27:1 give an interesting description of the
world-wide commerce and glory of this proud world city. “Sic transit
gloria mundi,” thus passeth the glory of the world! Of the proud...
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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_) rema...
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THE COMPANY OF THE ASHURITES, &c.. a daughter (or branch) of the
Ashurites, &c. Ginsburg thinks this clause should read, "they have
made thy benches with ivory [and] box. wood (or cypress)"; reading
_...
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The oars of the great ship were made of oaks of Bashan; cf. Isaiah
2:13; Zechariah 11:2. The term "oars" occurs in another form, Ezekiel
27:27, but probably with no difference of meaning. The rest of...
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OF THE OAKS OF BASHAN— Bishop Newton observes upon this description
of Tyre, that Cleopatra, sailing down the river Cydnus to meet Mark
Antony, was not attended with greater finery and magnificence; n...
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A. The Ship Prepared for Sailing 27:1-11
TRANSLATION
(1) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (2) NOW as for you,
son of man, take Up a lamentation over Tyre, (3) and say to Tyre, who
dwell...
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II. THE LAMENTATION OVER TYRE 27:1-36
Chapter 27 consists of an allegorical dirge song artistically
interrupted by a prose section. Tyre is pictured as a beautiful ship
superbly fitted out and manned...
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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.
OF THE OAKS OF BASHAN HAVE THEY MADE THINE OARS....
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27:6 benches (f-14) Or 'thy deck.' box-wood, (g-19) Or 'larch.'...
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THE COMPANY OF THE ASHURITES.. IVORY] RV 'hey have made thy benches of
ivory inlaid in boxwood.' The 'teasshur' (mistaken in AV for Ashurites
or Assyrians) was a species of tree (probably box or cypre...
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THE WRECK OF THE GALLANT SHIP
Under the figure of a ship, splendidly equipped, fully manned, and
richly laden, but steered into stormy waters and wrecked, Ezekiel
describes the fall of Tyre. In Ezeki...
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EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD”
GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 27
A FUNERAL SONG FOR TYRE – EZEKIEL 27:1-11
V1 The
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THE COMPANY OF THE ASHURITES HAVE MADE THY BENCHES OF IVORY. — The
literal rendering of this clause (with two words of doubtful meaning
left blank) is, _they made thy... of tooth_ (_ivory_)_, daughter...
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אַלֹּונִים֙ מִ בָּ֔שָׁן עָשׂ֖וּ
מִשֹּׁוטָ֑יִךְ קַרְשֵׁ֤ךְ...
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TYRE (CONTINUED): SIDON
Ezekiel 27:1; Ezekiel 28:1
THE remaining oracles on Tyre (Chapter s 27, Ezekiel 28:1) are
somewhat different both in subject and mode of treatment from the
chapter we have jus...
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At the command of Jehovah, Ezekiel then took up a lamentation for
Tyre. This took the form of a pictorial representation of her as a
gallant ship trafficking among the nations and ultimately wrecked,...
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[Of] the oaks of Bashan have they made thy oars; the company of the
Ashurites have made thy benches [of] ivory, [brought] out of the isles
of (c) Chittim.
(c) Which is taken for Greece and Italy....
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_Benches. Septuagint, "temples." --- Italy. Hebrew Cetim. Macedonia.
(Bochart) (Calmet) --- All distant places were styled islands,
(Haydock) when they went by water to them._...
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I have not interrupted the reading of the whole Chapter, for from the
beginning to the close of the Chapter, it is but one and the same
subject. The riches, trade, and commerce of Tyrus, fills the who...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 26, 27, AND 28.
Although in a certain sense upon Israel's territory, Tyre has another
character, and is the subject of a separate prophecy (chaps. 26-28),
bec...
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OF THE OAKS OF BASHAN HAVE THEY MADE THINE OARS,.... To row the ships
with; for their ships probably were no other than galleys, which were
rowed with oars, as were the ships of first invention. Basha...
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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._...
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_They have made thy ship-boards_ The decks of thy ships; _of fir-trees
of Senir_ By these are meant, the fir-trees which grew upon mount
_Hermon_, which was anciently called _Shenir_, or _Senir. They...
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Of the oaks of Bashan, on the eastern side of Jordan, from Jabbok to
Hermon, HAVE THEY MADE THINE OARS, for oak-wood is strong and tough;
THE COMPANY OF THE ASHURITES, skilful workmen summoned from As...
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DESCRIPTION OF THE GLORY AND MIGHT OF TYRE...
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1-25 Those who live at ease are to be lamented, if they are not
prepared for trouble. Let none reckon themselves beautified, any
further than they are sanctified. The account of the trade of Tyre
int...
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OLBHeb;
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 p...
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Ezekiel 27:6 oaks H437 Bashan H1316 made H6213 (H8804) oars H4880
company H1323 Ashurites H839 inlaid H6213 ...
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‘The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying, “And you, son of
man, take up a lamentation for Tyre. And say to Tyre:
“You, O Tyre, have said,
‘I am perfect in beauty.
Your borders are in the heart...
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CONTENTS: Lamentation for Tyre.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel.
CONCLUSION: God takes notice of the vain conceits men have of
themselves in their prosperity. When they pride themselves on pomp and
pleasur...
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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...
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_Take up a lamentation for Tyrus._
A PROUD CITY
The 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 w...
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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 de...
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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 arch...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 27:2
TAKE UP A LAMENTATION FOR TYRUS. The dirge over the merchant-city that
follows, the doom _sic transit gloria mundi, _worked out with a
fullness of detail which reminds us of t...
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So 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.
An...
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Genesis 10:4; Isaiah 2:13; Jeremiah 2:10; Numbers 24:24; Zechariah
11:2
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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;...