The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
The men of Dedan - near the Persian Sea: thus an avenue to the commerce of India. Not the Dedan in Arabia (Ezekiel 27:20), as the names in the context here prove, but the Dedan sprung from Cush (Bochart). (Genesis 10:7.) Many isles were the merchandise of thine hand - i:e., were dependent on thee for trade (Fairbairn); came to buy the produce of thy hands (Grotius).
They brought thee for a present horns of ivory - ivory is so termed from its resemblance to horns. The Hebrew word for "ivory" х sheen (H8127)] means tooth; so that they cannot have mistaken ivory as if coming from the horns of certain animals, instead of from the tusks of the elephant.
A present - literally, a reward in return; a price paid for merchandise.