Ezekiel 27:7
in Ezekiel 27Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
KJV
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
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This verse in Ezekiel 27
Commentary
4 notes on this verse(Verse 7.) Fine linen woven from Egypt was made into a veil for you, to be placed in a chest. Hyacinth and purple from the isles of Elisha became your covering. LXX: Fine linen woven with variety from Egypt was made into a bedspread for you, to surround you with glory, and to cover you with hyacinth and purple. Your coverings were made from the isles of Elisha. Because Tyre had said, 'I am perfect in beauty,' she is accused of receiving things from various regions, according to the Scripture: 'What do you have that you did not receive?'
This site's exposition
thy builders have perfected thy beauty
on Ezekiel 27:4-7
The chapter's long central section pictures Tyre itself as a magnificent ship, built from the resources of the whole known world: fir boards from Senir, cedar masts from Lebanon, oars from the oaks of Bashan, benches inlaid with ivory from the isles of Chittim. The sail is fine linen from Egypt, and the covering is blue and purple from the isles of Elishah, royal dye goods that mark the vessel as ceremonial as much as functional. Keil reads the ship figure as deliberate, a trading city pictured as its own finest export, assembled piece by piece from every nation it did business with.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The word signifies a banner as well as a sail. [6.] They hung those rooms on ship-board with blue and purple, the richest cloths and richest colours they could get from the isles they traded with. For though Tyre was itself famous for purple, which is therefore called the Tyrian dye, yet they must have that which was far-fetched.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Or, “Fine linen Gen 41:42 with embroidery from Egypt was” thy sail that it might be to thee for a banner. Sails from Egypt were worked with various figures upon them which served as a device. Their boats had no separate pennons. Blue and purple - Tyrian purple was famous. The Tyrians no doubt imported from the neighboring coasts the mollusks from which they dyed the fine linen of Egypt. Isles of Elishah - See Gen 10:4. Elishah is considered equivalent to the Greek AEolis on the western coast of Asia Minor.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שֵׁשׁ־ | shesh- | fine linen | H8336 → | 41 times |
| בְּרִקְמָ֤ה | berikmah | with colorful weaving | H7553 → | 12 times |
| מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ | mimitzrayim | from Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| הָיָ֣ה | hayah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מִפְרָשֵׂ֔ךְ | mifrasekh | sail your | H4666 → | |
| לִהְי֥וֹת | lihyot | to become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָ֖ךְ | lakh | of you | ||
| לְנֵ֑ס | lenes | <into> a sail | H5251 → | |
| תְּכֵ֧לֶת | tekhelet | blue | H8504 → | 49 times |
| וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן | veargaman | and purple | H713 → | |
| מֵאִיֵּ֥י | meiyei | from [the] islands of | H339 → | 36 times |
| אֱלִישָׁ֖ה | ʾelishah | Elishah | H473 → | |
| הָיָ֥ה | hayah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מְכַסֵּֽךְ׃ | mekhasekh | covering your | H4374 → |
שֵׁשׁ־fine linen
shesh-H8336 →41 times
בְּרִקְמָ֤הwith colorful weaving
berikmahH7553 →12 times
מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙from Egypt
mimitzrayimH4714 →641 times
הָיָ֣הit was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
מִפְרָשֵׂ֔ךְsail your
mifrasekhH4666 →
לִהְי֥וֹתto become
lihyotH1961 →3559 times
לָ֖ךְof you
lakh
לְנֵ֑ס<into> a sail
lenesH5251 →
תְּכֵ֧לֶתblue
tekheletH8504 →49 times
וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןand purple
veargamanH713 →
מֵאִיֵּ֥יfrom [the] islands of
meiyeiH339 →36 times
אֱלִישָׁ֖הElishah
ʾelishahH473 →
הָיָ֥הit was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
מְכַסֵּֽךְ׃covering your
mekhasekhH4374 →
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
Genesis 10:4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
it leads to
- Isaiah 23:12
He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Daniel 11:30
Ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 24:24
Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 23:1
This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
- Isaiah 23:12
Through
Jeremiah 10:9Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
it leads to
- Psalms 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- Daniel 10:5
I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.
- Psalms 115:4
Through
Isaiah 19:9The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.
it leads to
- Proverbs 7:16
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
- Proverbs 7:16
Through
Exodus 25:4blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
it leads to
- Revelation 19:8
She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.
- Revelation 19:8
About Ezekiel
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.