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Ezek. 27:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchantm of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am γof perfect beauty.

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Isa. 23:3• ³And on great waters, the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of the nations. (Isa. 23:3)

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O thou.Tyre was situated in the Mediterranean, at the nearest entrance to it from the interior and eastern part of Asia.

Ezek. 27:4,25• ⁴Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
²⁵The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy traffic; and thou wast replenished, and highly honoured, in the heart of the seas. (Ezek. 27:4,25)

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Ezek. 26:17• ¹⁷And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How hast thou perished, that wast inhabited from the seas, O renowned city, which wast strong in the sea,--she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all them that dwell therein! (Ezek. 26:17)

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Ezek. 28:2‑3• ²Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a *god, I sit in the seat of God, in the heart of the seas, (and thou art a man, and not *God,) and thou settest thy heart as the heart of God:
³behold, thou art wiser than Daniel! nothing secret is obscure for thee; (Ezek. 28:2‑3)

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Isa. 23:2• ²Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle! The merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished thee. (Isa. 23:2)

a merchant.

Ezek. 27:12‑36• ¹²Tarshish dealt with thee by reason of the abundance of all substance; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they furnished thy markets.
¹³Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee the persons of men, and vessels of bronze.
¹⁴They of the house of Togarmah furnished thy markets with horses, and horsemen, and mules.
¹⁵The children of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand: they rendered in payment horns of ivory, and ebony.
¹⁶Syria dealt with thee for the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded in thy markets with carbuncles, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and corals, and rubies.
¹⁷Judah and the land of Israel were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee wheat of Minnith, and sweet cakes, and honey, and oil, and balm.
¹⁸Damascus dealt with thee because of the multitude of thy handiworks, by reason of the abundance of all substance, with wine of Helbon, and white wool.
¹⁹Vedan and Javan of Uzal traded in thy markets: wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were in thy traffic.
²⁰Dedan was thy trafficker in precious riding-cloths.
²¹Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were the merchants of thy hand: in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these did they trade with thee.
²²The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were thy traffickers: they furnished thy markets with all the choice spices, and with all precious stones and gold.
²³Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with thee:
²⁴these traded with thee in sumptuous clothes, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in chests full of variegated stuffs, bound with cords and made of cedar-wood, amongst thy merchandise.
²⁵The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy traffic; and thou wast replenished, and highly honoured, in the heart of the seas.
²⁶Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters; the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.
²⁷Thy substance, and thy markets, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, they that repair thy leaks, and they that barter with thee, and all thy men of war that are in thee, along with all thine assemblage which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall.
²⁸The open places shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
²⁹And all that handle the oar, the mariners, all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand upon the land,
³⁰and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly; and they shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in ashes.
³¹And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth; and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
³²And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, Who is like Tyre, like her that is destroyed in the midst of the sea?
³³When thy wares went forth over the seas, thou filledst many peoples; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the abundance of thy substance and of thy merchandise.
³⁴In the time when thou art broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all thine assemblage in the midst of thee have fallen.
³⁵All the inhabitants of the isles are amazed at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, their countenance is troubled.
³⁶The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt never be any more. (Ezek. 27:12‑36)

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Isa. 23:3,8,11• ³And on great waters, the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of the nations.
⁸Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the distributor of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose dealers were the honourable of the earth?
¹¹He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he shaketh the kingdoms. Jehovah hath given a commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof, (Isa. 23:3,8,11)

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Rev. 18:3,11‑15• ³because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched through the might of her luxury.
¹¹And the merchants of the earth weep and grieve over her, because no one buys their lading any more;
¹²lading of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet dye, and all thyine wood, and every article in ivory, and every article in most precious wood, and in brass, and in iron, and in marble,
¹³and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and unguent, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies, and souls of men.
¹⁴And the ripe fruits which were the lust of thy soul have departed from thee, and all fair and splendid things have perished from thee, and they shall not find them any more at all.
¹⁵The merchants of these things, who had been enriched through her, shall stand afar off through fear of her torment, weeping and grieving, (Rev. 18:3,11‑15)

I am.

Ezek. 27:4,10‑11• ⁴Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
¹⁰Persia and Lud and Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged shield and helmet in thee; they gave splendour to thee.
¹¹The children of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadim were on thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they made thy beauty perfect. (Ezek. 27:4,10‑11)

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Ezek. 28:12‑17• ¹²Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, who sealest up the measure of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty,
¹³thou wast in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was thy covering: the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the chrysolite, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the carbuncle, and the emerald, and gold. The workmanship of thy tambours and of thy pipes was in thee: in the day that thou wast created were they prepared.
¹⁴Thou wast the anointed covering cherub, and I had set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou didst walk up and down in the midst of stones of fire.
¹⁵Thou wast perfect in thy ways, from the day that thou wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee.
¹⁶By the abundance of thy traffic they filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned; therefore have I cast thee as profane from the mountain of God, and have destroyed thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
¹⁷Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground, I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee. (Ezek. 28:12‑17)

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Psa. 50:2• ²Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth. (Psa. 50:2)

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Isa. 23:9• ⁹Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to profane the pride of all glory, to bring to nought all the honourable of the earth. (Isa. 23:9)

of perfect beauty.

Heb. perfect of beauty.

J. N. Darby Translation

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and say unto Tyre: O thou that art situated at the entries of the sea, and traffickest with the peoples in many islese, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "thou that dwellest."

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Or "maritime countries," "coasts."