Ezekiel 27:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

OLBHeb;

The multitude of the wares of thy making; the abundance of the Tyrian manufacture for all uses, which the Syrians could have no where else. With emeralds; rather, for emeralds, a rich and lovely stone; or carbuncles, as others have it. Purple, or violet-coloured, clothes. Broidered work: see Ezekiel 27:7. Fine linen: see Ezekiel 27:7. Coral; men guess this may be rubies, carbuncles, or chalcedonies; or crystal, with which they made looking-glasses. Agate; a stone well known to us, but not so well known whether it exactly translate the Hebrew dkdk here used; some say it is the chrysoprase, a stone mixed with gold colour and green, and some such mixture may be seen in some agates.

Ezekiel 27:16

16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.