Ezekiel 27:5

They haue made all thy shippe boardes of firre trees of Shenir: they haue brought cedars from Lebanon, to make mastes for thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

4Thy borders are in the middes of the sea, and thy builders haue made thee of perfit beauty.

6Of ye okes of Bashan haue they made thine ores: the company of the Assyrians haue made thy banks of yuorie, brought out of ye yles of Chittim.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:9(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Shirion, but the Amorites call it Shenir)

1 Kings 5:6Now therefore commaund, that they hewe me cedar trees out of Lebanon, and my seruants shall be with thy seruants, and vnto thee will I giue the hire for thy seruants, according to all that thou shalt appoynt: for thou knowest that there are none among vs, that can hewe timber like vnto the Sidonians.

Psalms 29:5The voyce of the Lord breaketh the cedars: yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.

Psalms 104:16The high trees are satisfied, euen the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted,

Isaiah 14:8Also the firre trees reioyced of thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid downe, no hewer came vp against vs.

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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