Ezekiel 27:5

Cedar in Senir was employed for thee in building: boards of cypress timber were taken out of Lebanon, and wood to make thee masts of fir.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

4In the heart of the sea thy sons have put beauty upon thee for Beelim.

6They made thine oars of wood out of the land of Bashan; thy sacred utensils they made of ivory, thy shady houses of wood from the isles of Kittim.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:9The Phoenicians call Hermon Sirion, but the Amorite has called it Senir.

Psalms 29:5Sing to the Lord, ye his saints, 1 And give thanks for the remembrance of his holiness. 1

Psalms 104:16Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; 1 He broke the whole support of bread. 1

Isaiah 14:8the trees also of Lebanon rejoice against thee, and the cedar of Lebanon, saying, From the time that thou hast been laid low, no one has 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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