Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Ezekiel Chapter 27
Overview
Eze 27:1, The riches and commerce of Tyrus; Eze 27:26, The great and irrecoverable fall thereof.
Eze 27:32, Eze 19:1, Eze 26:17, Eze 28:12, Eze 32:2; Jer 7:20, Jer 9:10,Jer 9:17-20; Amo 5:1, Amo 5:16
O thou: Tyre was situated in the Mediterranean, at the nearest entrance to it from the interior and eastern part of Asia. Eze 27:4, Eze 27:25, Eze 26:17, Eze 28:2, Eze 28:3; Isa 23:2
a merchant: Ezek. 27:12-36; Isa 23:3, Isa 23:8, Isa 23:11; Rev 18:3, Rev 18:11-15
I am: Eze 27:4, Eze 27:10,Eze 27:11, Eze 28:12-17; Psa 50:2; Isa 23:9
of perfect beauty: Heb. perfect of beauty
midst: Heb. heart, Eze 26:5
made: Heb. built
of Senir: Deu 3:9; Sol 4:8, Shenir
cedars: Kg1 5:1, Kg1 5:6; Psa 29:5, Psa 92:12, Psa 104:16; Isa 14:8
the company: etc. or, they have made thy hatches of ivory well trodden, Rather, "thy benches have they made of ivory inlaid with box, from the isles of Chittim." Vulgate, de insulis Italie "from the islands of Italy," which were always famous for box-trees.
company: Heb. daughters
the isles: Gen 10:4, Kittim, Num 24:24; Jer 2:10
linen: Kg1 10:28; Pro 7:16; Isa 19:9
blue and purple: or, purple and scarlet, Exo 25:4; Jer 10:9
Elishah: Elis, part of the Peloponnesus, extending along the western coast of Arcadia, north of Messenia, and south of Achaia. Gen 10:4; Ch1 1:7
Zidon: Gen 10:15, Sidon, Gen 49:13; Jos 11:8
Arvad: Eze 27:11; Gen 10:18; Isa 10:9; Jer 49:23
wise: Eze 27:28; Kg1 5:6, Kg1 9:27; Ch2 2:13, Ch2 2:14
Gebal: Jos 13:5; Kg1 5:18 *marg. Psa 83:7
calkers: or, stoppers of chinks, Heb. strengtheners, Eze 27:27
of Lud: Eze 30:5; Gen 10:6, Gen 10:13, Gen 10:22; Ch1 1:8, Ch1 1:11, Ch1 1:17; Isa 66:19; Jer 46:9; Nah 3:9
they hanged: Eze 27:11; Sol 4:4
of Arvad: Eze 27:8
Eze 38:13; Gen 10:4; Kg1 10:22, Kg1 22:48; Ch2 20:36, Ch2 20:37; Psa 72:10; Isa 2:16; Isa 23:6, Isa 23:10,Isa 23:14, Isa 60:9; Jer 10:9; Jon 1:3
Javan: Gen 10:2, Gen 10:4; Ch1 1:5, Ch1 1:7; Isa 66:19; Dan 8:21, Dan 10:20, Dan 11:2
Tubal: Eze 32:26, Eze 38:2, Eze 38:3, Eze 39:1; Gen 10:2; Ch1 1:5
the persons: Joe 3:3; Rev 18:13
market: or, merchandise
Togarmah: Eze 38:6; Gen 10:3; Ch1 1:6
Dedan: Eze 27:20; Gen 10:7, Gen 25:3; Ch1 1:9, Ch1 1:32; Jer 25:23, Jer 49:8
of ivory: Kg1 10:22; Rev 18:12
Syria: Gen 10:22, Aram, Gen 28:5; Jdg 10:6; Sa2 8:5, Sa2 10:6, Sa2 15:8; Isa 7:2
the wares of thy making: Heb. thy works
agate: or, chrysoprase.
wheat: Deu 8:8, Deu 32:14; Kg1 5:9; Ch2 2:10; Ezr 3:7; Act 12:20
Minnith: Jdg 11:33
balm: or, rosin, Gen 43:11; Jer 8:22
Damascus: Gen 15:2; Kg1 11:24, Kg1 11:25; Isa 7:8; Act 9:2
Helbon: The Chalybon of the Greeks and Romans, now called by the natives Haleb, and by us Aleppo, said to have been so celebrated for its wine, that the Persian kings would drink no other. It was a celebrated city of Syria, situated about 90 miles from the Mediterranean by way of Antioch, and 100 from the Euphrates, in lat. 36 degrees 11 minutes 25 seconds north, long. 37 degrees 9 minutes east; and previous to its destruction by an earthquake in 1822, occupied, including its suburbs, eight small hills, with the intermediate valleys, comprehending a circuit of about seven miles; and its inhabitants were variously estimated at from 100,000 to 258,000 souls.
Dan: Jdg 18:29
going to and fro: or, Menzal
cassia: Exo 30:23, Exo 30:24; Psa 45:8; Sol 4:13, Sol 4:14
precious clothes: Heb. clothes of freedom
Arabia: Kg1 10:15; Jer 25:24; Act 2:11; Gal 4:25
Kedar: Gen 25:13; Ch1 1:29; Sol 1:5; Isa 21:16, Isa 60:7
occupied with thee: Heb. were the merchants of thy hand
Sheba: Gen 10:7; Kg1 10:1-13; Ch1 1:9; Ch2 9:1-12; Psa 72:10,Psa 72:15; Isa 60:6
Haran: Gen 11:31, Gen 11:32, Gen 12:4; Kg2 19:12; Isa 37:12; Act 7:4, Charran
Canneh: Gen 10:10,Gen 10:22, Calneh, Isa 10:9, Calno, Amo 6:2, Calneh
Asshur: Gen 32:22; Num 24:22; Psa 83:8; Isa 7:18, Isa 7:20
all sorts of things: or, excellent things
clothes: Heb. foldings. Kg2 2:8
ships: Kg1 10:22; Psa 48:7; Isa 2:16, Isa 23:14, Isa 60:9
glorious: Eze 27:4
rowers: Isa 33:23
great: Eze 26:19; Psa 93:3, Psa 93:4; Rev 17:15
the east: Eze 27:34; Psa 48:7; Act 27:14, Act 27:41
midst: Heb. heart
Thy riches: In these beautiful and expressive figures, Tyre is represented as a ship at sea, wrecked through the mistakes of her pilots and rowers; that is, destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and afterwards by Alexander, in consequence of her rulers having pertinaciously resolved to withstand those haughty conquerors. This vast ship, laden with all kinds of valuable wares, being wrecked, all her valuables, sailors, officers, etc. went to the bottom. Eze 27:7-9, Eze 27:12, Eze 27:18, Eze 27:19, Eze 27:22, Eze 27:24, Eze 27:34, Eze 26:12; Pro 11:4; Rev 18:11-24
and in all: or, even with all
shall fall: Eze 26:14, Eze 26:21
midst: Heb. heart, Eze 27:26
suburbs: or waves
shake: Eze 27:35, Eze 26:10,Eze 26:15-18, Eze 31:16; Exo 15:14; Nah 2:3
all that handle: Rev 18:17-24
shall come: Eze 26:16, Eze 32:10
shall cause: All that were on land, seeing this gallant ship perishing with all her men and goods, are here represented as setting up a dismal cry at the heart-rending sight. Eze 27:31, Eze 27:32, Eze 26:17; Isa 23:1-6; Rev 18:9-19
cast: Sa1 4:12; Sa2 1:2; Job 2:12; Lam 2:10; Rev 18:19
they shall wallow: Est 4:1-4; Job 2:8, Job 42:6; Jer 6:26, Jer 25:34; Jon 3:6; Mic 1:10
they shall make: Eze 7:18; Lev 21:5; Deu 14:1; Isa 15:2, Isa 22:12; Jer 16:6, Jer 47:5, Jer 48:37; Amo 8:10; Mic 1:16
they shall weep: Isa 16:9, Isa 22:4; Mic 1:8
What city: Lam 1:12, Lam 2:13; Rev 18:18
the destroyed: Eze 27:26, Eze 26:4, Eze 26:5
thy wares: Eze 27:3, 12-36; Isa 23:3-8; Rev 18:3, Rev 18:12-15, Rev 18:19
with the: Eze 27:27, Eze 28:16
Eze 27:26, Eze 27:27, Eze 26:12-15, Eze 26:19-21; Zac 9:3, Zac 9:4
the inhabitants: Eze 26:15-18; Isa 23:6
their kings: Eze 28:17-19, Eze 32:10; Rev 18:9, Rev 18:10
hiss: Eze 26:2; Kg1 9:8; Jer 18:16, Jer 19:8; Lam 2:15; Zep 2:15
thou shalt: Eze 26:14, Eze 26:21
a terror: Heb. terrors
never shalt be any more: Heb. shalt not be forever Psa 37:10,Psa 37:36