Ezekiel 27:25

The ships of the sea were important to your business dealings. For you were replenished and exceedingly glorified in the heart of the sea.

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In The King James Version

The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

In Context

24These were your merchants in many places, with windings of hyacinth and of colorful weavings, and with precious treasures, which were wrapped and bound with cords. Also, they had works of cedar among your merchandise.

26Your rowers have brought you into many waters. The south wind has worn you down in the heart of the sea.

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Cross References

Psalms 48:7Those who trust in their own strength and who glory in the multitude of their riches,

Isaiah 23:14Wail, you ships of the sea! For your strength has been devastated.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 27:2-26

The Prosperity of Tyre. ( b. c. 588.) 1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2 Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; 3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God ; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty. 4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. 5 They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from… Read the whole commentary →

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