Ezekiel 27:7

Your sails were made from colorful linen from Egypt that served as your banner; 1 the colors of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah are used for the awning on your boat. 1

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Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.

In Context

6They made your oars from the oaks of Bashan; 1 they made your decks out of cypress wood from Cyprus, and they overlaid them with ivory. 1

8Those who were living in Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; 1 the sages of Tyre were within you; they were your pilots. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 10:4The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

1 Kings 10:28The horses that belonged to Solomon were imported from Egypt, and Kue and the king's merchants purchased them from Kue.

Proverbs 7:16I have spread coverings on my bed, 1 colored linens from Egypt. 1

Jeremiah 10:9They bring hammered silver from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz made by artificers, 1 the hands of refiners. Their clothes are blue and purple cloth. Their skillful men made all of these things. 1

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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