Ezekiel 27:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They have madec all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. ”

Ezekiel 27:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Fir-trees (or, cypress) of Senir - The name by which the Amorites knew Mount Hermon.
Ezekiel 27:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

They have made all thy [ship] planks of fir trees of (b) Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. (b) This mountain was called Hermon but the Amorites called it Shenir, ( D...
Ezekiel 27:5 - 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 27:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

ship boards . planks. fir . cypress. Senir . Mount Hermon ( Deuteronomy 3:9 ).
Ezekiel 27:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. Fir trees of Senir - Senir is a mountain which the Sidonians called Sirion, and...
Ezekiel 27:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thy ship-boards—of Senir— Senir is the ancient name for Hermon. See Deuteronomy 3:9 . Masts — Though cedars have a thick and not a lofty trunk, masts consisting of different parts may be...
Ezekiel 27:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir - or 'Shenir,' t...
Ezekiel 27:5 - 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 27:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ship boards. — Planking for the sides of the ship. The word in the original is in the dual, with reference to its two sides. Senir was the Amorite name of Hermon, or Antilebanon, called by the Sido...
Ezekiel 27:5 - 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 27:5 - 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 27:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I have not interrupted the reading of the whole Chapter, for from the beginning to the close of the Chapter, it is but one and the same subject. The riches, trade, and commerce of Tyrus, fills the wh...
Ezekiel 27:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir ,.... The same with Sion and Hermon, which the Sidonians called Sirion, and the Amorites Shenir, Deuteronomy 3:9 here, it seems, grew the b...
Ezekiel 27:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They have made all thy [ship] boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. Ver. 5. They have made all thy ship boards. ] Of the most precious materials...
Ezekiel 27:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They have made thy ship-boards The decks of thy ships; of fir-trees of Senir By these are meant, the fir-trees which grew upon mount Hermon , which was anciently called Shenir , or Senir. They...
Ezekiel 27:5 - 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 27:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They; thy shipwrights. Ship-boards; the planks, and benches, or transoms, for their ships. Of fir trees; of the best and finest fir trees of Senir, i.e. Hermen, Deuteronomy 3:9 . Cedars,...
Ezekiel 27:5 - 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 27:5 - 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 27:5 - 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 27:5 - 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 27:5 - 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 27:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Description of the Glory and Might of Tyre
Ezekiel 27:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 5:1 ; 1 Kings 5:6 ; Deuteronomy 3:9 ; Isaiah 14:8 ; Psalms 104:16 ; Psalms 29:5 ; Psalms 92:12 ; Song of Solomon 4:8
Ezekiel 27:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They — The shipwrights. Shipboards — The planks and benches, or transoms for their ships. Fir — trees — Of the best and finest fir — trees. Lebanon — Whose cedars excelled others.

Ezekiel 27:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 27:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 27:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 27:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 27:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 27:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 27:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 27:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 27:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 27:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 27:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 27:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 27:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 27:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 27:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 27:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 27:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 27:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 27:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 27:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 27:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 27:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 27:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 27:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 27:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes