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Ezekiel 27

Ezek. 27:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto Tyrus
Tsor (Hebrew #6865)
the same as 6864; a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Tyre, Tyrus.
Pronounce: tsore
Origin: or Tsowr {tsore}
, O thou that art situate
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
at the entry
mbowah (Hebrew #3997)
a haven
KJV usage: entry.
Pronounce: meb-o-aw'
Origin: feminine of 3996
of the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, which art a merchant
rakal (Hebrew #7402)
to travel for trading
KJV usage: (spice) merchant.
Pronounce: raw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
m of the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
for many
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
isles
'iy (Hebrew #339)
properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island
KJV usage: country, isle, island.
Pronounce: ee
Origin: from 183
, Thus saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
God
Yhovih (Hebrew #3069)
a variation of 3068 (used after 136, and pronounced by Jews as 430, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce 3068 as 136)
KJV usage: God.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vee'
; O Tyrus
Tsor (Hebrew #6865)
the same as 6864; a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Tyre, Tyrus.
Pronounce: tsore
Origin: or Tsowr {tsore}
, thou hast said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, I am γof perfect
kaliyl (Hebrew #3632)
complete; as noun, the whole (specifically, a sacrifice entirely consumed); as adverb, fully
KJV usage: all, every whit, flame, perfect(-ion), utterly, whole burnt offering (sacrifice), wholly.
Pronounce: kaw-leel'
Origin: from 3634
beauty
yophiy (Hebrew #3308)
beauty
KJV usage: beauty.
Pronounce: yof-ee'
Origin: from 3302
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Isa. 23:3• 3And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the river, [was] her revenue; and she was the market of nations. (Isa. 23:3)
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perfect of.

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Islands; Isles,
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Cross References

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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 did sing of thee in thy market {i}and thou wast replenished, and highly honoured, in the heart of the seas.{/i} (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 art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it! (Ezek. 26:17)
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Ezek. 28:2‑3• 2Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God.
 3Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel: there is no secret that they can hide from thee: (Ezek. 28:2‑3)
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Isa. 23:2• 2Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; the merchants of Zidon that pass over the sea have replenished thee. (Isa. 23:2)
a merchant.
Ezek. 27:12‑36• 12Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
 13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
 14They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
 15The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present, horns of ivory and ebony.
 16{i}Syria 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.{/i}
 17Judah and the land of Israel were thy merchants, they traded in the market wheat of Minnith and Pannag, and honey and oil and balm.
 18{i}Damascus 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.{/i}
 19Dedan and Javan of Uzal {i}traded in thy markets: wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were in thy traffic.{/i}
 20{i}Dedan{/i} {i}was thy trafficker in precious riding-cloths.{/i}
 21{i}Arabia 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.{/i}
 22{i}The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were thy traffickers: they furnished thy markets with all the choice spices, and with all precious stones and gold.{/i}
 23{i}Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with thee:{/i}
 24{i}these 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.{/i}
 25The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market {i}and thou wast replenished, and highly honoured, in the heart of the seas.{/i}
 26Thy rowers brought thee into great waters; the east wind broke thee in the heart of the seas.
 27Thy riches and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy caulkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war that are in thee, even with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall in the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall.
 28The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
 29And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and 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 against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes;
 31and they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
 32And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the heart of the sea?
 33When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth, with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
 34In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the midst of the waters, thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
 35All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
 36The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shall be anymore. (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 river, [was] her revenue; and she was the market of nations.
 8Who hath purposed this against Tyre, that giveth crowns, whose merchants [were] princes, whose dealers [were] the honourable of the earth?
 11He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shaketh the kingdoms. Jehovah hath given a commandment on Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof, (Isa. 23:3,8,11)
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Rev. 18:3,11‑15• 3For of the wine of the fury of her fornication all the nations drank, and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth became rich by the power of her luxury.
 11And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn on account of her; for their lading no one buyeth anymore—a
 12lading of gold and of silver and of precious stone and of pearl and of fine linen and of purple and of silk and of scarlet; and all thyine wood and all furniture of ivory and all furniture of most precious wood, and of brass and of iron and of 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 fruits of the desire of thy soul have departed from thee, and all the sumptuous and the bright things have perished from thee, and never shall they find them anymore.
 15The merchants of these things that became rich by her shall stand afar off because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, (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.
 10They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
 11The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadim were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have 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 Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
 13Thou hast been in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
 14Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
 15Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
 16By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, Ο covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
 17Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay 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. (Psa. 50:2)
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Isa. 23:9• 9Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain 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."

W. Kelly Translation

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and say unto Tyrus, Ο thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Ο Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.