Ezekiel 27:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 perfecta beauty. ”

Ezekiel 27:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Entry - 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 na...
Ezekiel 27:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And say to Tyre, O thou that dwelleth at the entrance of the sea, [which art] a merchant (a) of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyre, thou hast said, I [am] of perfect beauty....
Ezekiel 27:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 27. The Dirge over Tyre. The interest of the brilliant poem that follows is greatly enhanced by the description of the commerce of Tyre in a passage ( Ezekiel 27:9 b - Ezekiel 27:25 a...
Ezekiel 27:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the entry, &c. Denoting the insular Tyre. people . peoples. isles . coast, or maritime lands. the Lord GOD . Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah . See note on Ezekiel 2:4 .
Ezekiel 27:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. T...
Ezekiel 27:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Which art a merchant, &c.— Which joinest people by commerce, through many isles. Houbigant; who renders the beginning of the next verse, Thy borders extend even to the middle of the sea.
Ezekiel 27:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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....
Ezekiel 27:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Wreck of the gallant Ship Under the figure of a ship, splendidly equipped, fully manned, and richly laden, but steered into stormy waters and wrecked, Ezekiel describes the fall of Tyre. In E...
Ezekiel 27:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

At the entry of the sea. — The word for “entry” in the original is plural, and means the approaches to the sea, or harbours. Tyre had two of these, both remarkably good: the “Egyptian,” facing the...
Ezekiel 27:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

TYRE (CONTINUED): SIDON Ezekiel 27:1-36 ; Ezekiel 28:1-26 THE remaining oracles on Tyre (Chapter s 27, Ezekiel 28:1-19 ) are somewhat different both in subject and mode of treatment from the...
Ezekiel 27:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At the command of Jehovah, Ezekiel then took up a lamentation for Tyre. This took the form of a pictorial representation of her as a gallant ship trafficking among the nations and ultimately wrecked,...
Ezekiel 27:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It was said in the preceding Chapter, ( Ezekiel 26:6 ), that Tyrus should know by the Lord's judgments, that He was the Lord. In this Chapter, the Lord commands his servant to put Tyrus in mind of he...
Ezekiel 27:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea ,.... Of the Mediterranean sea; at the eastern part of it, not above half a mile from the continent; and so fit for a seaport, and...
Ezekiel 27:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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....
Ezekiel 27:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Take up a lamentation for Tyrus This alludes to the mournful lamentations used at funerals, wherein the mourning women recounted every thing that was valuable or praiseworthy belonging to the decea...
Ezekiel 27:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prosperity of Tyre. B. C. 588. 1 The word of the L ORD came again unto me, saying,...
Ezekiel 27:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Personate Tyre as near thee, and hearing what thou sayest unto or of her; describe her, that she may know thou speakest to her. That art situate; that dwellest, so the Hebrew. The entry, Heb. en...
Ezekiel 27:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying, “And you, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre. And say to Tyre: “You, O Tyre, have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty. Your borders are in the heart...
Ezekiel 27:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

TYRE’S FORMER GREATNESS, SUGGESTING A LAMENTATION OVER HER SAD DOWNFALL (Chap. 27) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—“The lamentation commences with a picture of the glory of the city of Tyre, its situation, its ar...
Ezekiel 27:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 27:6 . The isles of Chittim. Cilicia, Cyprus, Macedonia, the Greek islands, or Apulia on the shores of Italy. Thus critics take the word in a general sense. Ezekiel 27:9 . Gebal, a dis...
Ezekiel 27:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Take up a lamentation for Tyrus. A proud city The men of the world are wise, choosing the fittest places for their own advantage and interest. Let us learn so much of the men of the world, to b...
Ezekiel 27:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezekiel 27:2 Take up a lamentation for Tyrus . The dirge over the merchant-city that follows, the doom sic transit gloria mundi, worked out with a fullness of detail which rem...
Ezekiel 27:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Description of the Glory and Might of Tyre
Ezekiel 27:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 26:17 ; Ezekiel 27:10 ; Ezekiel 27:11 ; Ezekiel 27:12-36 ; Ezekiel 27:25 ; Ezekiel 27:4 ; Ezekiel 28:12-17 ; Ezekiel 28:2 ; Ezekiel 28:3 ; Isaiah 23:11 ; Isaiah 23:2 ; Isaiah 23:3...
Ezekiel 27:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

At the entry — Heb. Entrances. She was about four furlongs, or half an English mile from the continent, as it were in the very door of the sea.

Ezekiel 27:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 27:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 27:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 27:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 27:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 27:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 27:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 27:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 27:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 27:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 27:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 27:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 27:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 27:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 27:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 27:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 27:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 27:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 27:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 27:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 27:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 27:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 27:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 27:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 27:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes