Ezekiel 27:21
in Ezekiel 27Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they thy merchants.
KJV
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
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This verse in Ezekiel 27
Commentary
7 notes on this verse(Verse 21.) Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they themselves the merchants of your hand, came to you with lambs and rams and goats. For the lambs, rams, and goats, they interpreted seventy camels and rams and lambs. But Arabia and the princes of Kedar (which today is the land of the Saracens, as is fully proven in the words of Jeremiah, who writes against Kedar) abound in these animals, namely lambs and rams and goats, and they increase the commerce of Tyre with this importation (Jeremiah 49).
This site's exposition
casks of wine from Izal
on Ezekiel 27:19-22
The list continues through Dan and Javan with iron, cassia and calamus. Sheba and Raamah close the section with the chief of all spices. Gill reads the sheer breadth of the list as the chapter's own argument for the scale of what falls when the city falls.
This site's exposition
all the princes of Kedar
Kedar was a son of Ishmael in Genesis 25:13, and his descendants were herdsmen of the Arabian desert living in tents. Their wealth was in flocks, so their princes traded lambs, rams and goats. Isaiah 60:7 pictures the flocks of Kedar gathered to the LORD's house.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar,.... Arabia was a large country, divided into three parts, Arabia Deserts, or the desert; Arabia Petraea, or the rocky; and Arabia Felix, or the happy. Kedar was in Arabia Petrea; its inhabitants were called Kedarenes, descended from Kedar, a son of Ishmael, Gen 25:13, they were chiefly shepherds, and dwelt in tents, to which the allusion is in Son 1:5, these princes were the rich and wealthy among them, who bought up the cattle of the meaner sort, and brought them to Tyre. In Jerom's time Kedar was the country of the Saracens.
), which is designed to make its ruin the more lamentable. A prediction of its fall and ruin, and the confusion and consternation which all its neighbours shall thereby be put into,
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Arabia--the nomadic tribes of Arabia, among which Kedar was pre-eminent. occupied with thee--literally, "of thy hand," that is, they traded with thee for wares, the product of thy hand (see on Eze 27:15, 16).
Arabia, and all the princes of Cedar - Arabia Deserta, on the confines of the Dead Sea. The Kedarenes inhabited the same country. These brought lambs, rams, and goats for the consumption of the city.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֲרַב֙ | ʾarav | Arabia | H6152 → | |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נְשִׂיאֵ֣י | nesiei | [the] princes of | H5387 → | 134 times |
| קֵדָ֔ר | kedar | Kedar | H6938 → | |
| הֵ֖מָּה | hemah | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| סֹחֲרֵ֣י | socharei | [were] [the] traders of | H5503 → | 21 times |
| יָדֵ֑ךְ | yadekh | hand your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| בְּכָרִ֤ים | bekharim | for lambs | H3733 → | 16 times |
| וְאֵילִים֙ | veeilim | and rams | H352 → | 187 times |
| וְעַתּוּדִ֔ים | veatudim | and goats | H6260 → | 29 times |
| בָּ֖ם | bam | for them | ||
| סֹחֲרָֽיִךְ׃ | socharayikh | traders your | H5503 → | 21 times |
עֲרַב֙Arabia
ʾaravH6152 →
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
נְשִׂיאֵ֣י[the] princes of
nesieiH5387 →134 times
קֵדָ֔רKedar
kedarH6938 →
הֵ֖מָּהthey
hemahH1992 →553 times
סֹחֲרֵ֣י[were] [the] traders of
sochareiH5503 →21 times
יָדֵ֑ךְhand your
yadekhH3027 →1618 times
בְּכָרִ֤יםfor lambs
bekharimH3733 →16 times
וְאֵילִים֙and rams
veeilimH352 →187 times
וְעַתּוּדִ֔יםand goats
veatudimH6260 →29 times
בָּ֖םfor them
bam
סֹחֲרָֽיִךְ׃traders your
socharayikhH5503 →21 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
Isaiah 60:7All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
it leads to
- Isaiah 56:7
I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called…
- Genesis 25:13
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- Hebrews 13:15–16
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- Isaiah 56:7
Through
Song of Solomon 1:5I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
it leads to
- Luke 15:22
But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
- Song of Solomon 2:14
O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is…
- Song of Solomon 5:8
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
- Song of Solomon 2:7
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- Song of Solomon 5:16
His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
- Luke 15:22
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.