Ezekiel 27:5

With fir trees of Sanir they have built thee with all sea planks: they have taken cedars from Libanus to make thee masts.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

In Context

4And situate in the heart of the sea. Thy neighbours, that built thee, have perfected thy beauty:

6They have cut thy oars out of the oaks of Basan: and they have made thee benches of Indian ivory and cabins with things brought from the islands of Italy.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:9Which the Sidonians call Sarion, and the Amorrhites Sanir:

1 Kings 5:6Give orders therefore that thy servants cut me down cedar trees out of Libanus, and let my servants be with thy servants: and I will give thee the hire of thy servants whatsoever thou wilt ask, for thou knowest how there is not among my people a man that has skill to hew wood like to the Sidonians.

Psalms 29:5The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars: yea, the Lord shall break the cedars of Libanus.

Psalms 104:16The trees of the field shall be filled, and the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted:

Isaiah 14:8The fir trees also have rejoiced over thee, and the cedars of Libanus, saying: Since thou hast slept, there hath none come up to cut us down.

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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