Ezekiel 27:6 [Of] the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches [of] ivory, [brought] out of the isles of Chittim.
Ver. 6. Of the cakes of Bashan.] Those very best of the best. See Ezekiel 27:5 .
Out of the isles of Chittim,] i.e., Of Greece and the Archipelago, Gen 10:4 far set and dear bought. Benches and decks might well have been made of worse matters: sed opulentiam fere sequitur superbia, luxus, libido, &c.; wealth breeds swelth, which is a dangerous symptom, as in the body, so in the mind too.
“ Pulcherrima regna
Luxuries vitiis, odiisque superbia vertit. ”
- Claudian.