Bible Commentary

The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never [shalt be] any more. 36. among the people ] peoples. “Hiss” here is hardly the expression of malicious joy, rather of astonishment and dismay, or other vivid emotion, 1Ki 9:8. shalt be a terror ] lit. terrors, i.e. destructions … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 27:36”

All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in [their] countenance. The news of Tyres ruin shall reach to distant isles, to merchant cities who trade with her. These in their selfish love of gain shall rejoice over her who was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 27:35”

In the time [when] thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall. 34. the time when thou shalt be] Rather: what time thou art broken; or with further change of points: now art thou broken from the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 27:34”

When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. 33. thy wares went forth ] i.e. when they were landed from the sea on many shores many peoples were filled, cf. Isa 23:3 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 27:33”

And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, [saying], What [city is] like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? 32 36. Lament over Tyre The lament appears to be in elegiac metre. The word “wailing” is a contracted form (ni = nehi). What … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 27:32”

And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart [and] bitter wailing. 31. For these signs of grief cf. ch. Eze 7:18; Isa 15:2; Isa 22:12; Jer 16:16; Jer 47:5; Mic 1:16. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 27:31”

And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: 30. heard against thee ] over thee. On first sign of sorrow cf. Job 2:12, and on second Jer 6:26; Mic 1:10; Est 4:1. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 27:30”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 27:29”

The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. 28. the suburbs ] According to tradition (Baer, Ezek.) the term here is differently pointed from that rendered “suburbs,” e.g. ch. Eze 45:2. The latter term means the free space surrounding a city or building. If the sense of the present word … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 27:28”

Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy caulkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that [are] in thee, and in all thy company which [is] in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 27:27”