Ezekiel 27:29
in Ezekiel 27All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand upon the land,
KJV
And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
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This verse in Ezekiel 27
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
As Tyre is figured by a large vessel, so are the subject-states by smaller boats which accompany the great ship. These terrified by the storm approach the land. Tyre is hopelessly swallowed up, crew and all, in the midst of the sea. The small crafts escape to shore.
This site's exposition
The suburbs shall shake
on Ezekiel 27:28-32
The mourning that follows matches the scale of the loss: the suburbs shall shake at the cry of the pilots, and the mariners and pilots come down from their ships to stand on the land, casting dust on their heads and making themselves utterly bald, ancient mourning rites turned toward a city rather than a person. The lament proper begins at verse 32, what city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea, and commentators have long noted how closely Revelation 18 echoes this scene in its own lament over Babylon's fall, merchants and shipmasters weeping at a distance over the ruin of a great trading city. Henry reads the parallel as evidence that John drew on Ezekiel's dirge for the shape of his own, one trading city's fall supplying the language for another's.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 28, 29) From the sound of the shouting of your helmsmen, the fleets will be thrown into confusion, and all who held the oar will come down from their ships. The sailors, and all the helmsmen of the sea, the shipmasters and the rowers, will stand on land, and they will wail loudly over you, and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads, and cover themselves with ashes (or spread ashes on themselves).
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. 25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. The prophet is ordered to take up a lamentation for Tyrus,
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:85%@v23-25
Shall come down - ln the allegory of a miserable shipwreck, the prophet sets forth the fall of Tyre; and in this verse he represents them all shifting out of the sinking ship, in great confusion.
And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea,....
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְֽיָרְד֞וּ | veyaredu | and they will come down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| מֵאָנִיּֽוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם | meaniyoteihem | from ships their | H591 → | 31 times |
| כֹּ֚ל | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י | tofesei | [those who] wield | H8610 → | 65 times |
| מָשׁ֔וֹט | mashot | <of> an oar | H4880 → | |
| מַלָּחִ֕ים | malachim | mariners | H4419 → | 4 times |
| כֹּ֖ל | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חֹבְלֵ֣י | choelei | [the] sailors of | H2259 → | 5 times |
| הַיָּ֑ם | haiyam | the sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָאָ֖רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| יַעֲמֹֽדוּ׃ | yaamodu | they will stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
וְֽיָרְד֞וּand they will come down
veyareduH3381 →381 times
מֵאָנִיּֽוֹתֵיהֶ֗םfrom ships their
meaniyoteihemH591 →31 times
כֹּ֚לall
kolH3605 →5413 times
תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י[those who] wield
tofeseiH8610 →65 times
מָשׁ֔וֹט<of> an oar
mashotH4880 →
מַלָּחִ֕יםmariners
malachimH4419 →4 times
כֹּ֖לall
kolH3605 →5413 times
חֹבְלֵ֣י[the] sailors of
choeleiH2259 →5 times
הַיָּ֑םthe sea
haiyamH3220 →396 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָאָ֖רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
יַעֲמֹֽדוּ׃they will stand
yaamoduH5975 →521 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
Ezekiel 32:10I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 26:16
All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over…
- Ezekiel 27:35
All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.
- Revelation 18:10
In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
- Ezekiel 26:16
Through
Ezekiel 26:16All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 32:10
I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each…
- Hosea 11:10
They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
- Job 8:22
Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
- Jonah 3:6
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- Isaiah 3:26
And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
- Ezekiel 32:10
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.