Ezekiel 27:17
in Ezekiel 27Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy traffickers: they traded for thy merchandise wheat of Minnith, and pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
KJV
Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
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This verse in Ezekiel 27
Commentary
3 notes on this verse(Verse 17.) Judah and the land of Israel themselves, your merchants, offered to you in your markets, as the first fruits: balsam and honey, and oil, and resin. LXX: Judah and the sons of Israel, these are your merchants in the wheat trade and in ointments: they gave you first honey and oil, and resin in your markets. The Hebrew word 'Phanag' (פַּנַּג) was translated by Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion in the way that it is written in Hebrew: for which the LXX translated 'ointment', we translate 'balsam'.
This site's exposition
Syria was thy merchant
on Ezekiel 27:16-18
Syria supplies emeralds, purple and fine linen, and then the list turns to Judah and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants, naming Israel not as a special covenant nation here but as one trading partner among many, selling wheat, honey, oil and balm like any other supplier in the ledger. Damascus follows with the wine of Helbon and white wool, the list moving north to south and back without pause for the nation the rest of the book treats as central. Henry reads Israel's appearance in this ordinary commercial list as part of the chapter's irony, a people meant for a holy calling reduced in Tyre's own accounting to one line among trading nations.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Judah, and the land of Israel - traded in thy market wheat - The words have been understood as articles of merchandise, not names of places. So the Jews traded with the Tyrians in wheat, stacte, balsam, honey, oil, and resin.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוּדָה֙ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וְאֶ֣רֶץ | veeretz | and [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| הֵ֖מָּה | hemah | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| רֹכְלָ֑יִךְ | rokhelayikh | [were] traders your | H7402 → | 17 times |
| בְּחִטֵּ֣י | bechitei | for [the] wheat<s> of | H2406 → | 30 times |
| מִ֠נִּית | minit | Minnith | H4511 → | |
| וּפַנַּ֨ג | ufanag | and cake | H6436 → | |
| וּדְבַ֤שׁ | udevash | and honey | H1706 → | 54 times |
| וָשֶׁ֙מֶן֙ | vashemen | and oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| וָצֹ֔רִי | vatzori | and balm | H6875 → | |
| נָתְנ֖וּ | natenu | they exchanged | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| מַעֲרָבֵֽךְ׃ | maaravekh | merchandise your | H4627 → | 9 times |
יְהוּדָה֙Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וְאֶ֣רֶץand [the] land of
veeretzH776 →2504 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
הֵ֖מָּהthey
hemahH1992 →553 times
רֹכְלָ֑יִךְ[were] traders your
rokhelayikhH7402 →17 times
בְּחִטֵּ֣יfor [the] wheat<s> of
bechiteiH2406 →30 times
מִ֠נִּיתMinnith
minitH4511 →
וּפַנַּ֨גand cake
ufanagH6436 →
וּדְבַ֤שׁand honey
udevashH1706 →54 times
וָשֶׁ֙מֶן֙and oil
vashemenH8081 →193 times
וָצֹ֔רִיand balm
vatzoriH6875 →
נָתְנ֖וּthey exchanged
natenuH5414 →2011 times
מַעֲרָבֵֽךְ׃merchandise your
maaravekhH4627 →9 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 5:9My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can…
it leads to
- Ezra 3:7
They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 12:20
Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 2:16
We will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and we will float them to you as rafts by sea down to Joppa. Then you can take them up to Jerusalem.”
- Ezra 3:7
Through
Genesis 43:11Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift…
it leads to
- Genesis 37:25
And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to…
- Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
- Genesis 37:25
Through
Acts 12:20Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their…
it leads to
- Matthew 11:21–22
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
- Luke 16:8
The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
- Matthew 11:21–22
Through
Ezra 3:7They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 5:6
Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there…
- 1 Kings 5:6
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.