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Ezekiel 27:3
3Tyre is a city on the coast of the sea. From there, traders go across the sea to sell things to people in many other countries. This is what the Almighty Lord says to Tyre: “Tyre, you say that you are completely beautiful.
Ezekiel 27:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Say to Tyre, situated at the gateway to the sea, merchant of peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘You say, Tyre, “I am perfect in beauty.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrances to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God: "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)and say to Tyre, ‘You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord God: “O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
Context of Ezekiel 27:3
1The Lord gave this message to me: 2‘Son of man, sing a funeral song about Tyre. Tyre is a city on the coast of the sea. From there, traders go across the sea to sell things to people in many other countries. This is what the Almighty Lord says to Tyre: “Tyre, you say that you are completely beautiful. 4Your borders reached into the middle of the sea. Your builders made you like a great ship. 5They used wood from the pine trees of Senir. They used a cedar tree from Lebanon to make your mast.
Read all of Ezekiel 27Ezekiel 27:3 word by word
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ לְצ֗וֹר הַיֹּשֶׁ֙בֶת֙ עַל־מְבוֹאֹ֣ת יָ֔ם רֹכֶ֙לֶת֙ הָֽעַמִּ֔ים אֶל־אִיִּ֖ים רַבִּ֑ים כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה צ֕וֹר אַ֣תְּ אָמַ֔רְתְּ אֲנִ֖י כְּלִ֥ילַת יֹֽפִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- unto Tyrusצֹרtsôr tsôr · TyreH6865
- O thou that art situateיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- at the entryמְבוֹאָהmebô'âh · entryH3997
- of the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
- a merchantרָכַלrâkal · to tradeH7402
- of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- for manyרַבrab · manyH7227
- islesאִי'îy · coastlandH339
- the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
- of perfectכָּלִילkâlîyl · entireH3632
- beautyיֳפִיyŏphîy · beautyH3308
Cross-references for Ezekiel 27:3
- Ezekiel 27:4Your borders reached into the middle of the sea. Your builders made you like a great ship.
- Ezekiel 26:17Then they will sing this funeral song about you: “City that was famous for your great sailors, now your power has gone! In the past, you made many people afraid, as your brave men travelled across the sea.
- Ezekiel 28:2‘Son of man, say this to the ruler of Tyre. “This is what the Almighty Lord says: You are a very proud man. You say, ‘I am a god and Tyre is my throne. I rule over all the seas around me.’ But, whatever you think, you are only a man. You are not a god.
- Isaiah 23:2Weep quietly, you people who live on the coast of the sea. Yes, weep, you traders of Sidon city. Your sailors travelled across the sea and you became rich.
- Ezekiel 27:12You had many valuable things to sell. So traders came from Tarshish to buy things from you. They brought silver and other good metals to pay for those things.
- Isaiah 23:3They brought grain to you from Shihor region in Egypt. You received crops that had grown beside the Nile river. Tyre became an important city where traders from many nations came.
- Revelation 18:3She has been like a prostitute who makes men become drunk. Then she leads them to have sex in a wrong way. She has caused people from every nation to turn away from God. It is like all the kings of the earth have had sex with that bad woman. All the traders of the earth have become rich, because she has bought things from them to enjoy a wicked life.’
- Ezekiel 28:12‘Son of man, sing this funeral song about the king of Tyre. Tell him, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: At one time, you were the example of a good man. You were completely wise and beautiful.
- Psalms 50:2God is shining out from Zion, that most beautiful place.
- Isaiah 23:9The Lord Almighty did that! He decided to show that the pride of those people is useless. He decided to bring all those famous people down low.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 27:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The entry of the sea - Tyre was a small island, or rather rock, in the sea, at a short distance from the main land. We have already seen that there was another Tyre on the main land; but they are both considered as one city.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Entry - literally, “entries.” Ancient Tyre had two ports, that called the Sidonian to the north, the Egyptian to the south; the former exists to the present day. The term “entry of the sea” is naturally enough applied to a harbor as a place from which ships enter and return from the sea. The city was known in the earliest times as “Tyre the port.”Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36The second part of the prophet’s message to Tyre (see study note on Ezekiel 26:1–28:19) is a funeral song. The song compares Tyre’s past glory with its present loss. It connects with the previous chapter in several ways. Both speak directly to Tyre. Both describe Tyre as a gateway and a center of trade (see Ezekiel 26:1–2). Both end with the same message: Tyre has come to a terrible end and will exist no more (compare Ezekiel 26:21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. situate at the entry of the sea--literally, plural, "entrances," that is, ports or havens; referring to the double port of Tyre, at which vessels entered round the north and south ends of the island, so that ships could find a ready entrance from whatever point the wind might blow (compare Eze 28:2). merchant of ... people for many isles--that is, a mercantile emporium of the peoples of many seacoasts, both from the east and from the west (Is 23:3), "a…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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