New King James Version
Ezekiel 27:36
36The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever.’ ” ’ ”
Ezekiel 27:36 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
- New International Version (NIV)The merchants among the nations scoff at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever.'"
- New Living Translation (NLT)The merchants among the nations shake their heads at the sight of you, for you have come to a horrible end and will exist no more.’”
Context of Ezekiel 27:36
34But you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters; Your merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst. 35All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you; Their kings will be greatly afraid, And their countenance will be troubled. The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever.’ ” ’ ”
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סֹֽחֲרִים֙ בָּ֣עַמִּ֔ים שָׁרְק֖וּ עָלָ֑יִךְ בַּלָּה֣וֹת הָיִ֔ית וְאֵינֵ֖ךְ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 27:36
- Ezekiel 26:2“Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken who was the gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.’
- 1 Kings 9:8And as for this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss, and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’
- Jeremiah 18:16To make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head.
- Jeremiah 19:8I will make this city desolate and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
- Lamentations 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that is called ‘The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth’?”
- Zephaniah 2:15This is the rejoicing city That dwelt securely, That said in her heart, “I am it, and there is none besides me.” How has she become a desolation, A place for beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by her Shall hiss and shake his fist.
- Ezekiel 26:14I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken,’ says the Lord God.
- Psalms 37:10For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 27:36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Shall hiss at thee - שרקו shareku, shall shriek for thee. This powerfully expresses the sensation made on the feelings of the spectators on the shore when they saw the vessel swallowed up.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-36Verses 26-36 The most mighty and magnificent kingdoms and states, sooner or later, come down. Those who make creatures their confidence, and rest their hopes upon them, will fall with them: happy are those who have the God of Jacob for their Help, and whose hope is in the Lord their God, who lives for ever. Those who engage in trade should learn to conduct their business according to God's word. Those who possess wealth should remember they are the Lord's…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36Tyre's former residents and trading partners mourn the loss of its way of life. This section, like the previous one, ends by stating that Tyre has met a terrible end and will no longer exist (compare Ezekiel 26:21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3636. hiss--with astonishment; as in 1Ki 9:8.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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