Ezekiel 27:25

The ships of Tarshish were the transporters of your merchandise! 1 So you were filled up, heavily laden with cargo in the heart of the seas! 1

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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 dealers in ornate robes of violet cloths with woven colors, and in blankets of multicolored, embroidered, and well-woven cloth in your marketplaces.

26Your rowers have brought you into vast seas; 1 the eastern wind has broken you in the middle of them. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 48:7With the east wind 1 you break the ships of Tarshish. 1

Isaiah 23:14Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for your refuge has been 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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