Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 27:6
[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.
[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.
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...
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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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 _...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
27:6 benches (f-14) Or 'thy deck.' box-wood, (g-19) Or 'larch.'...
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...
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 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...
אַלֹּונִים֙ מִ בָּ֔שָׁן עָשׂ֖וּ מִשֹּׁוטָ֑יִךְ קַרְשֵׁ֤ךְ...
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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,...
_Benches. Septuagint, "temples." --- Italy. Hebrew Cetim. Macedonia. (Bochart) (Calmet) --- All distant places were styled islands, (Haydock) when they went by water to them._...
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...
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...
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...
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._...
_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...
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...
DESCRIPTION OF THE GLORY AND MIGHT OF TYRE...
OARS...HAVE MADE THY BENCHES OF IVORY: Or, they have made thy hatches of ivory well trodden THE COMPANY: _ Heb._ the daughter...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 27:6 oaks H437 Bashan H1316 made H6213 (H8804) oars H4880 company H1323 Ashurites H839 inlaid H6213 ...
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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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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...
Genesis 10:4; Isaiah 2:13; Jeremiah 2:10; Numbers 24:24; Zechariah 11:2
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;...