Ezekiel 27:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1, TYRUS. See note on Ezekiel 26:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ENTRY, &c. Denoting the insular Tyre. PEOPLE. peoples. ISLES. coast, or maritime lands. THE LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUILDERS. sons. Compare Iea. 62. c.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHIP BOARDS. planks. FIR. cypress. SENIR. Mount Hermon (Deuteronomy 3:9).... [ Continue Reading ]
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 _bith'ashshurim_ instead of _bath-'aehshurim_ (=. daughter, or branch of the Ashurites), dividing and... [ Continue Reading ]
ELISHAH. Probably the Greek AEolis: i.e. the coasts of Peloponnesus. Mentioned in Genesis 10:4 with Javan (Ionia).... [ Continue Reading ]
ARVAD. Now the island _Er Ruad._ Mentioned in. Macc 15:23. MARINERS. rowers. THAT WERE. they [were].... [ Continue Reading ]
ANCIENTS. elders. GEBAL. Now Jebeil, on the coast between Beirut and Tripolis. OCCUPY. barter, or trade.... [ Continue Reading ]
LUD... PHUT. Compare Genesis 10:6; Genesis 10:13, MEN. Hebrew, plural of _'enosh_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. sons. Gammadims: or, valiant men.... [ Continue Reading ]
TARSHISH. See note on 1 Kings 10:22. FAIRS, Occurs only in this chapter, and here, seven times: verses: Ezekiel 27:12; Ezekiel 27:14; Ezekiel 27:16; Ezekiel 12:19; Ezekiel 12:22; Ezekiel 12:27, Eze 12:33 ("wares ").... [ Continue Reading ]
JAVAN. Ionia. Compare Genesis 10:4. These are named together in Genesis 10:2. PERSONS. souls. Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13. Referring to the slave trade. See Revelation 18:13. MEN. mankind. Hebrew 'adam. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOUSE: Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for descendants. TOGARMAH (Genesis 10:3). Probably Armenia,... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
OCCUPIED. traded. Compare "occupy" in Luke 19:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAND OF ISRAEL. Hebrew. _eretz Israel_. One of three occurrences of this expression in this book with Hebrew. _eretz_ (27, 17, Ezekiel 40:2; Ezekiel 47:18), instead of. _admath_, which occurs seventeen times. See note on Ezekiel 11:17. MINNITH. An Ammonite town not yet identified. _Minyeh_, sou... [ Continue Reading ]
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin_. App-27. HELBON. Now _Helbon_, in the mountains, thirteen miles north of Damascus.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAN. Hebrew Vedan, or Wedaungoing to and fro. Hebrew. _Meuzzal_. Margin _Meuzzal_. from Uzal. Compare Genesis 10:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
OCCUPIED. were the merchants of thy hand. Compare Ezekiel 27:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
HARAN. Now Harran, between the Euphrates and the Khabour (Gen 11:35). CANNEH. Probably now Calneh,. Babylonian city (Genesis 10:10). EDEN. In Mesopotamia (2 Kings 19:12.Isaiah 37:12.Amos 1:5; Amos 1:5). Mentioned in the Inscriptions. Some suggest Aden, in Arabia. Asshur. Assyria. Chiba. tad. Now K... [ Continue Reading ]
THY ROWERS. Continuing the symbol of. ship, used of Tyre in this chapter. WIND. Hebrew. _ruach_. App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
OCCUPIERS. barterers, or traders. IN.. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34), with four early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, omit this word "in". COMPANY. gathered host.... [ Continue Reading ]
SUBURBS. The root garash. to drive out or about. When used of. city it. suburbs; but, when used of the sea, it. the driving and casting about of the waves. Compare Isaiah 37:20. It means here that the waves of the sea lash themselves at the wailing of the pilots.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEART. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "their sons". the destroyed: or, the silent one.... [ Continue Reading ]
WARES. See note on "fairs", Ezekiel 27:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE TIME WHEN THOU SHALT BE BROKEN: or, "Now thou art wrecked", with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE. become. ANY MORE. for ever. Compare Ezekiel 26:21.... [ Continue Reading ]