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Esekíel 27:3
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O thou: Tyre was situated in the Mediterranean, at the nearest entrance to it from the interior and eastern part of Asia. Ezekiel 27:4, Ezekiel 27:25, Ezekiel 26:17, Ezekiel 28:2, Ezekiel 28:3, Isaiah 23:2
a merchant: Ezekiel 27:12-36, Isaiah 23:3, Isaiah 23:8, Isaiah 23:11, Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:11-15
I am: Ezekiel 27:4, Ezekiel 27:10, Ezekiel 27:11, Ezekiel 28:12-17, Psalms 50:2, Isaiah 23:9
of perfect beauty: Heb. perfect of beauty
Reciprocal: Proverbs 31:14 - General Isaiah 14:13 - thou Ezekiel 26:12 - thy merchandise Ezekiel 27:33 - thy wares Ezekiel 28:15 - perfect Ezekiel 32:19 - dost
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea,.... Of the Mediterranean sea; at the eastern part of it, not above half a mile from the continent; and so fit for a seaport, and a harbour for shipping; so mystical Tyre sits on many waters, Revelation 17:1:
which art a merchant of the people for many isles; the inhabitants of many isles brought the produce of them to her; who took them off their hands, or sold them for them to others; these came from several quarters to trade with her in her markets; and who supplied other isles and countries with all sorts of commodities, for which they either resorted to her, or she sent by ships unto them; so Rome is represented as the seat of merchandise, Revelation 18:7:
thus saith the Lord God, O Tyrus, thou hast said; in thine heart, in the pride of it, and with thy mouth, praising and commending thyself; which is not right:
I am of perfect beauty: built on a good foundation, a rock; surrounded with walls and towers; the streets arranged in order, and filled with goodly houses; having a good harbour for shipping, and being a mart for all manner of merchandise, Jerusalem being destroyed, Tyre assumes her character, Psalms 48:2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Entry - literally, “entries.” Ancient Tyre had two ports, that called the Sidonian to the north, the Egyptian to the south; the former exists to the present day. The term “entry of the sea” is naturally enough applied to a harbor as a place from which ships enter and return from the sea. The city was known in the earliest times as “Tyre the port.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 27:3. The entry of the sea — Tyre was a small island, or rather rock, in the sea, at a short distance from the main land. We have already seen that there was another Tyre on the main land; but they are both considered as one city.
