Ezekiel 27:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. ”

Ezekiel 27:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arvad - See Genesis 10:18 . An island off the coast of Sidon, now called Ruad.
Ezekiel 27:8 - 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 27:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Arvad. Now the island Er Ruad. Mentioned in. Macc 15:23. mariners . rowers. that were . they [were].
Ezekiel 27:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men , O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. Zidon and Arvad - Or Arad. Two powerful cities on the Phoenician coast, in the nei...
Ezekiel 27:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners - Arvad, a small island a...
Ezekiel 27:8 - 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 27:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Arvad. — The description now turns to the sailors. The Arvadite is mentioned among the family of Canaan in Genesis 10:18 , and corresponds to the Greek Aradus. There were two islands of this name:...
Ezekiel 27:8 - 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 27:8 - 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 27:8 - 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 27:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners ,.... Zidon was a city in Phoenicia, near to Tyre, and older than that, by whose inhabitants it was built; see the notes on Isaiah 23:2 and Arv...
Ezekiel 27:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise [men], O Tyrus, [that] were in thee, were thy pilots. Ver. 8. The inhabitants of Zidon. ] Famous all the world over for their skill a...
Ezekiel 27:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners So great was the opulence and pride of the Tyrians, that they hired foreigners to do the more laborious and menial employments, and would do not...
Ezekiel 27:8 - 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 27:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zidon; an ancient town and haven of Phoenicia, not far from Tyre. Arvad; better known by its other name Aradus, an island belonging to Phoenicia, some say twenty, others say seven, furlongs from...
Ezekiel 27:8 - 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 27:8 - 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 27:8 - 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 27:8 - 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 27:8 - 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 27:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Description of the Glory and Might of Tyre
Ezekiel 27:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 5:6 ; 1 Kings 9:27 ; 2 Chronicles 2:13 ; 2 Chronicles 2:14 ; Ezekiel 27:11 ; Ezekiel 27:28 ; Genesis 10:15 ; Genesis 10:18 ; Genesis 49:13 ; Isaiah 10:9 ; Jeremiah 49:23 ; Joshua...
Ezekiel 27:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Zidon — An ancient town and haven of Phoenicia, not far from Tyre. Arvad — Or Aradus, an island belonging to Phoenicia, twenty furlongs from the continent. Mariners — Rowers in thy galleys; the ric...

Ezekiel 27:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 27:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 27:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 27:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 27:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 27:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 27:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 27:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 27:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 27:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 27:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 27:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 27:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 27:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 27:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 27:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 27:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 27:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 27:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 27:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 27:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 27:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 27:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes