Ezekiel 27:3
And thou shalt say unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest by the entrances of the sea, Thou merchant of the peoples unto many shores,— Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, O Tyre, Thou saidst, I, am the perfection of beauty!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2Thou, therefore, son of man, Take up over Tyre a dirge;
4In the heart of the seas, were thy bounds, —Thy builders perfected thy beauty:
Cross References
Proverbs 31:14She is like the ships of the merchant, from afar, she bringeth in her food;
Isaiah 23:8Who hath purposed this, against Tyre, The bestower of crowns,—Whose merchants are princes, Her traders the honourable of the earth?
Ezekiel 26:17Then shall they take up over thee a dirge, And say to thee,- How hast thou perished, And ceased from the seas,- The city renowned which was strong in the sea She and they who dwelt in her, Who imparted their terror To all who dwelt in her.
Ezekiel 27:10They of Persia and Lud and Phut were in thine army, Thy men of war,— Shield and helmet, hung they up within thee, They set forth thy splendour:
Ezekiel 28:12Son of man Take thou up a dirge over the king of Tyre,— And thou shalt say to him Thus saith My Lord. Yahweh, Thou wast of finished proportions, Full of wisdom and Perfect in beauty:
Revelation 18:11And, the merchants of the earth, weep and grieve over her, because, their cargo, no one, buyeth any more:
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 →