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Ezekiel Chapter 27

Noyes
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EZEKIEL

Ezekiel 27

1The word of Jehovah came again to me, saying:
2Son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre,
Ezekiel 28:12, Jeremiah 9:17, Jeremiah 9:20, Ezekiel 19:1, Jeremiah 9:10
3and say to Tyre, O thou that didst dwell at the entrance of the sea, the merchant of the nations to many coasts! thus saith the Lord Jehovah: O Tyre, thou hast said, "I am perfect in beauty."
Ezekiel 27:4, Ezekiel 27:4, Revelation 18:11, Revelation 18:15, Ezekiel 27:10
4Thy borders are in the midst of the seas; thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
Ezekiel 26:5, Ezekiel 26:5
5They made all thy ship-boards of cypresses of Senir; they took cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
Deuteronomy 3:9, Deuteronomy 3:9, Song of Solomon 4:8, Isaiah 14:8, Song of Solomon 4:8
6Of oaks of Bashan they made thine oars; thy benches they made of ivory inlaid in cedar from the coasts of the Chittaeans.
Isaiah 2:13, Genesis 10:4, Isaiah 2:13, Genesis 10:4, Zechariah 11:2
7Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou didst spread forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the coasts of Elisha were thy covering.
Exodus 25:4, Jeremiah 10:9, Exodus 25:4, Jeremiah 10:9, Isaiah 19:9
8The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
Genesis 10:18, Genesis 10:18, 1 Kings 9:27, 1 Kings 9:27, Ezekiel 27:11
9The ancients of Gebal and the skilful men thereof were in thee, thy calkers; all the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were in thee, to traffic in thy merchandise.
1 Kings 5:18, 1 Kings 5:18, Joshua 13:5, Joshua 13:5, Psalms 83:7
10Persians, and Lydians, and Lybians were in thine army, thy men of war; they hung up the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy glory.
Ezekiel 30:5, Ezekiel 38:5, Ezekiel 30:5, Ezekiel 38:5, Jeremiah 46:9
11The men of Arvad and thine own army were upon thy walls round about, and brave warriors were in thy towers; they hung their shields upon thy walls round about; they made thy beauty perfect.
Ezekiel 27:3, Ezekiel 27:4, Ezekiel 27:3, Ezekiel 27:4
12Tarshish trafficked with thee on account of the abundance of all kinds of goods; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they traded in thy fairs.
Genesis 10:4, 1 Kings 10:22, Isaiah 23:10, Ezekiel 38:13, Genesis 10:4
13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech trafficked with thee; the persons of men and vessels of brass they sold in thy market.
Genesis 10:2, Genesis 10:2, Isaiah 66:19, Isaiah 66:19, Ezekiel 39:1
14They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
Ezekiel 38:6, Genesis 10:3, Ezekiel 38:6, Genesis 10:3, 1 Chronicles 1:6
15The men of Dedan trafficked with thee; many islands were at hand to thee for trade; they brought thee, for payment, horns of ivory, and ebony-wood.
1 Kings 10:22, Revelation 18:12, Genesis 10:7, 1 Kings 10:22, Revelation 18:12
16Syria trafficked with thee by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making; with carbuncles, purple and embroidered work, and fine linen, and corals, and rubies, they traded in thy fairs.
Judges 10:6, Judges 10:6, Ezekiel 28:13, Ezekiel 28:13, Isaiah 7:1
17Judah and the land of Israel trafficked with thee; with wheat of Minnith, and pastry, and syrup, and oil, and balm they traded in thy market.
Judges 11:33, Judges 11:33, 1 Kings 5:9, 1 Kings 5:9, Genesis 43:11
18Damascus trafficked with thee on account of the multitude of the wares of thy making, on account of the abundance of all kinds of goods, in the wine of Helbon, and in white wool.
Isaiah 7:8, Isaiah 7:8, Genesis 14:15, Acts 9:2, Ezekiel 47:16
19Vedan and Javan brought thread to thy market; wrought iron, cassia, and sweet reed were in thy fairs.
Exodus 30:23, Exodus 30:24, Exodus 30:23, Exodus 30:24, Judges 18:29
20Dedan brought cloth for riding, in traffic with thee.
Genesis 25:3, Genesis 25:3, Ezekiel 27:15, Ezekiel 27:15
21Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were at hand to traffic with thee; they traded with thee in lambs and rams and goats.
Isaiah 60:7, Isaiah 60:7, Genesis 25:13, Genesis 25:13, Acts 2:11
22The merchants of Sheba and Raamah trafficked with thee with all kinds of precious spices, and with all kinds of precious stones, and gold.
Genesis 10:7, Genesis 10:7, Isaiah 60:6, Isaiah 60:6, Psalms 72:10
23Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad,
2 Kings 19:12, 2 Kings 19:12, Isaiah 37:12, Isaiah 37:12, Amos 1:5
24trafficked with thee in splendid apparel, in mantles of blue and embroidered work, in chests of damask bound with cords and made of cedar, in thy market.
2 Kings 2:8, 2 Kings 2:8
25The ships of Tarshish were the caravans for thy traffic; and thou wast replenished and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
Isaiah 2:16, Isaiah 2:16, Psalms 48:7, Isaiah 23:14, Psalms 48:7
26Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters; the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
Psalms 48:7, Psalms 48:7, Ezekiel 26:19, Jeremiah 18:17, Acts 27:14
27Thy riches, and thy fairs, and thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the traders in thy merchandise, and all thy men of war within thee, and all thy multitude that is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
Proverbs 11:4, Proverbs 11:4, Ezekiel 27:24, Ezekiel 26:12, Ezekiel 27:34
28At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the pastures around thee shall shake.
Ezekiel 26:10, Ezekiel 26:10, Ezekiel 26:15, Ezekiel 26:18, Nahum 2:3
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,
Ezekiel 26:16, Revelation 18:17, Revelation 18:24, Ezekiel 32:10, Ezekiel 26:16
30and shall cause their voice to be heard for thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast dust upon their heads, and roll themselves in ashes.
Jeremiah 6:26, Jeremiah 6:26, Lamentations 2:10, 2 Samuel 1:2, Lamentations 2:10
31And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth; and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
Isaiah 22:12, Ezekiel 7:18, Isaiah 22:12, Ezekiel 7:18, Isaiah 16:9
32And in their wailing they shall take up for thee a lamentation, and shall lament over thee, saying: "What city is like Tyre, like the Destroyed in the midst of the sea?
Ezekiel 26:17, Ezekiel 26:17, Ezekiel 27:2, Revelation 18:18, Ezekiel 27:2
33When thy wares went forth from the seas, thou didst satisfy many nations; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the abundance of thy riches and thy merchandise.
Revelation 18:19, Revelation 18:19, Isaiah 23:3, Isaiah 23:8, Ezekiel 27:12
34Now thou art broken by the seas in the depth of the waters, and thy merchandise and all thy multitude in the midst of thee are fallen.
Ezekiel 27:26, Ezekiel 27:27, Zechariah 9:3, Zechariah 9:4, Ezekiel 27:26
35All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at thee, and their kings shudder; they are troubled in their countenance.
Ezekiel 32:10, Isaiah 23:6, Ezekiel 32:10, Isaiah 23:6, Ezekiel 26:15
36The merchants among the nations hiss at thee. Thou art a desolation, and shalt exist no more forever."
Jeremiah 18:16, Jeremiah 18:16, Jeremiah 19:8, Psalms 37:10, Ezekiel 26:21

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