Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 27:29
And all that handle the oar, the mariners, [and] all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
29. All seafaring men raise a lamentation over the shipwreck of the gallant vessel.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
As Tyre is figured by a large vessel, so are the subject-states by smaller boats which accompany the great ship. These terrified by the storm approach the land. Tyre is hopelessly swallowed up, crew and all, in the midst of the sea. The small crafts escape to shore.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
In the allegory of a miserable shipwreck, the prophet sets forth Tyres fall, and in this verse he represents them all shifting out of the shattered sinking ship, in great confusion, and greater fear; the slaves quit the oars, the mariners throw up the tacklings, pilots leave the helm, all make for the long boat and the land, where they bewail their undone condition. Or it may be more literally understood thus; All sea-faring men, who got their living by service done for Tyre at sea, seeing her utterly broken, shall leave the ships, get to land, that elsewhere they may get employment, or by a timely flight save themselves, and bewail their old masters fall.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
29. So on the downfall ofspiritual Babylon (Re 18:17,&c.).
shall stand upon . . .landbeing cast out of their ships in which heretofore theyprided themselves.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea,…. Inferior officers, and the common people; though this may be literally understood of all sorts of seafaring people, differently employed in ships; some at the oar; some at the sails; and others at the helm; but all shall quit their posts,
and shall come down from their ships; either there being no further business for them, an entire stop being put to trade, through the fall of Tyre; or because of danger, and to save themselves, would leave the ship, and betake to their boats, and make for land: hence it follows,
they shall stand upon the land; upon the continent, being safely arrived; looking upon the shipwrecks, and bewailing the loss of Tyre, as in the next verse.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(29) Shall come down from their ships.The colonies and dependencies of Tyre are, in keeping with the figure, the smaller craft which escape to the shore, and there lament the fall of their mistress.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
29-31. All those who have charge of other ships (nations) shall “hiss” in dismay (Davidson, compare 1Ki 9:8) and lament over (not “against”) her, regretting their loss of trade, and perhaps fearing for themselves a like destruction. For the signs of mourning see Eze 7:18; Jos 7:6; Job 2:12; Jer 6:26; Jer 25:34. Professor Morris Jastrow, Jr., has shown that the custom of putting earth or dust upon the head is a very ancient custom among the Semites and is the survival of an act which originally formed part of the burial rites. He reproduces one of the oldest monuments of Babylon in which the corpses of the enemy are seen lying exposed to the vultures, the greatest misfortune that could befall a dead person (compare Appendix, chap. 32), while the dead soldiers of the victorious army are arranged in symmetrical rows beneath a funeral mound of earth. Those who were building the mound (the mourning comrades or relatives) had thrown off all their clothing, excepting a loin girdle of sackcloth, and carried upon their heads their baskets of earth. This custom led in after ages to the tearing or tearing off the garments of the mourners and the placing dust or earth upon their heads. The ashes so often mentioned were probably from the funeral expiatory sacrifice ( Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 20:1899).
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Eze 27:29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, [and] all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
Ver. 29. And all that handle the oar. ] That have escaped to land with their lives.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
all that handle: Rev 18:17-24
shall come: Eze 26:16, Eze 32:10
Reciprocal: Isa 23:5 – so shall Isa 43:14 – whose cry
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 27:29, This verse describes (fig-uratively) the utter dejection the men of Tyrus will manifest when their beloved city is overthrown by the enemy.