Bible Commentaries

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1,

Tyrus. See note on Ezekiel 26:2.

the entry, &c. Denoting the insular Tyre.

people = peoples.

isles = coast, or maritime lands.

the Lord GOD. Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.

builders = sons. Compare Iea. 62. c.

ship boards = planks.

fir = cypress.

Senir = Mount Hermon (Deuteronomy 3:9).

the company of the Ashurites, &c. = a daughter (or branch) of the Ashurites, &c. Ginsburg thinks this clause should read, "they have made thy benches with ivory [and] box = wood (or cypress)"; reading bith"ashshurim instead of bath-"aehshurim (= a daughter, or branch of the Ashurites), dividing and pointing the words differently. See note on Ezekiel 31:3; and compare Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 60:13.

Chittim. Probably Cyprus.

Elishah. Probably the Greek AEolis: i.e. the coasts of Peloponnesus. Mentioned in Genesis 10:4 with Javan (Ionia).

Arvad. Now the island Er Ruad. Mentioned in 1 Macc .

mariners = rowers.

that were = they [were].

ancients = elders.

Gebal. Now Jebeil, on the coast between Beirut and Tripolis.

occupy = barter, or trade.

Lud . . . Phut. Compare Genesis 10:6, Genesis 10:13,

men. Hebrew, plural of "enosh. App-14.

men = sons. Gammadims: or, valiant men.

Tarshish. See note on 1 Kings 10:22.

fairs, Occurs only in this chapter, and here, seven times: verses: Ezekiel 27:12, Ezekiel 27:14, Ezekiel 27:16, Ezekiel 12:19, Ezekiel 12:22, Ezekiel 12:27, Ezekiel 12:33 ("wares ").

Javan = Ionia. Compare Genesis 10:4. These are named together in Genesis 10:2.

persons = souls. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. Referring to the slave trade. See Revelation 18:13.

men = mankind. Hebrew "adam. App-14.

house: Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for descendants.

Togarmah (Genesis 10:3). Probably Armenia,

men = sons.

occupied = traded. Compare "occupy" in Luke 19:13.

the land of Israel. Hebrew "eretz Israel. One of three occurrences of this expression in this book with Hebrew "eretz (27, 17, Ezekiel 40:2, Ezekiel 47:18), instead of "admath, which occurs seventeen times. See note on Ezekiel 11:17.

Minnith. An Ammonite town not yet identified. Minyeh, south of Nebo, is suggested by Conder. Compare Judges 11:33.

Pannag. Some article of merchandise, or name of place, not now known.

wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27.

Helbon. Now Helbon, in the mountains, thirteen miles north of Damascus.

Dan. Hebrew Vedan, or Wedaungoing to and fro. Hebrew. Meuzzal. Margin Meuzzal = from Uzal. Compare Genesis 10:27.

occupied = were the merchants of thy hand. Compare Ezekiel 27:15.

Haran. Now Harran, between the Euphrates and the Khabour (Genesis 11:35).

Canneh. Probably now Calneh, a Babylonian city (Genesis 10:10).

Eden. In Mesopotamia (2 Kings 19:12. Isaiah 37:12. Amos 1:5). Mentioned in the Inscriptions. Some suggest Aden, in Arabia. Asshur = Assyria. Chiba = tad. Now Kalwddha, near Baghdad.

Thy rowers. Continuing the symbol of a ship, used of Tyre in this chapter.

wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.

occupiers = barterers, or traders.

in. A special various reading called Sevir (App-34), with four early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, omit this word "in".

company = gathered host.

suburbs. The root garash = to drive out or about. When used of a city it = suburbs; but, when used of the sea, it = the driving and casting about of the waves. Compare Isaiah 37:20. It means here that the waves of the sea lash themselves at the wailing of the pilots.

heart = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

they. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "their sons". the destroyed: or, the silent one.

wares. See note on "fairs", Ezekiel 27:12.

In the time when thou shalt be broken: or, "Now thou art wrecked", with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate.

be = become.

any more = for ever. Compare Ezekiel 26:21.