Ezekiel 27:25 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 27:25

The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy merchandise: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Verse 25) And you were filled, and greatly glorified (or burdened) in the heart of the sea. Nothing, he says, was lacking to you concerning the riches of the islands. However, this glorification was a burden for the possessor, for you cannot bear riches in moderation, even though poverty often serves as a temptation (Prov. 30). Thus, Solomon asks for only what is necessary; he equally detests wealth and poverty, so that pride does not creep in with the former and impatience and falsehood with the latter.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Did sing of thee - Or, were thy bulwarks, i. e., bulwarks of thy traffic. Others render it: “were thy caravans,” thy merchandise.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֳנִיּ֣וֹת	'o.ni.Yot	[the] ships of	H591 →
תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ	tar.Shish	Tarshish	H8659 →
שָׁרוֹתַ֖יִךְ	sha.ro.Ta.yikh	[were] travelers your	H7788 →
מַעֲרָבֵ֑ךְ	ma.'a.ra.Vekh	merchandise your	H4627 →
וַתִּמָּלְאִ֧י	va.ti.mal.'I	and you were filled	H4390 →
וַֽתִּכְבְּדִ֛י	va.tikh.be.Di	and you were honored	H3513 →
מְאֹ֖ד	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →
בְּלֵ֥ב־	be.Lev	in [the] heart of	H3820 →
יַמִּֽים׃	ya.Mim	[the] seas	H3220 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 60:9
Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God,…
leads to
- Isaiah 2:16
  against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 55:5
  Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory…
Through
1 Kings 10:22
For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
leads to
- 1 Kings 22:48
  Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 20:36–37
  They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.
Through
Isaiah 2:16
against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
leads to
- 1 Kings 10:22
  For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Isaiah 23:14
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!
leads to
- 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Psalms 48:7
With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
leads to
- Jeremiah 18:17
  I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”
- Ezekiel 27:25–26
  The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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