Ezekiel 27:25

Ships were thy merchants, in abundance, with thy trading population: and thou wast filled and very heavily loaded in the heart of the sea.

Brenton Septuagint

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

24bringing for merchandise blue, and choice stores bound with cords, and cypress wood.

26Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the south wind has broken thee in the heart of the sea.

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Cross References

Psalms 48:7They that trust in their strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth—

Isaiah 23:14Howl, ye ships of Carthage: for your strong hold is destroyed.

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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