Ezekiel 27:33
in Ezekiel 27When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.
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ASV
When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many peoples; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
KJV
When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
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This verse in Ezekiel 27
Commentary
5 notes on this verse(Verse 33 and following) What is like Tyre, that has become silent (or has been silenced) in the middle of the sea? (Which is not found in the Septuagint.) Who, in the outcome of your dealings (or what reward you received) from the sea, enriched many peoples? In the abundance of your wealth, and with the multitude of your people, you made many kings wealthy. Now you are broken by the sea (or in the sea) in the depths of the waters, your wealth (or your trading) and all your multitude, which was in your midst, have fallen.
This site's exposition
You enriched the kings of the earth
on Ezekiel 27:33-36
The judgment lands in the same commercial terms it built the lament in, and the merchants among the people shall hiss at thee. Keil reads the final line, thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more, as closing on the note chapter 26 closed on.
The record, by era
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,
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When thy wares went forth out of the seas,....
All that dealt with them were gainers; they did not cheat or oppress the people, but did enrich them with the multitude of their merchandise. "But now those that used to be enriched by thee shall be ruined with thee" (as is usual in trade); " when thou shalt be broken, and all thou hast is seized on, all thy company shall fall too, "
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּצֵ֤את | betzet | when went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| עִזְבוֹנַ֙יִךְ֙ | izvonayikh | wares your | H5801 → | 7 times |
| מִיַּמִּ֔ים | miyamim | from [the] seas | H3220 → | 396 times |
| הִשְׂבַּ֖עַתְּ | hisbaat | you satisfied | H7646 → | 97 times |
| עַמִּ֣ים | ʾamim | peoples | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| רַבִּ֑ים | rabim | many | H7227 → | 454 times |
| בְּרֹ֤ב | bero | by [the] abundance of | H7230 → | 149 times |
| הוֹנַ֙יִךְ֙ | honayikh | wealth<s> your | H1952 → | 26 times |
| וּמַ֣עֲרָבַ֔יִךְ | umaaravayikh | and merchandise<s> your | H4627 → | 9 times |
| הֶעֱשַׁ֖רְתְּ | heeshart | you made rich | H6238 → | |
| מַלְכֵי־ | malkhei- | [the] kings of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אָֽרֶץ׃ | ʾaretz | [the] earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
בְּצֵ֤אתwhen went out
betzetH3318 →1067 times
עִזְבוֹנַ֙יִךְ֙wares your
izvonayikhH5801 →7 times
מִיַּמִּ֔יםfrom [the] seas
miyamimH3220 →396 times
הִשְׂבַּ֖עַתְּyou satisfied
hisbaatH7646 →97 times
עַמִּ֣יםpeoples
ʾamimH5971 →1873 times
רַבִּ֑יםmany
rabimH7227 →454 times
בְּרֹ֤בby [the] abundance of
beroH7230 →149 times
הוֹנַ֙יִךְ֙wealth<s> your
honayikhH1952 →26 times
וּמַ֣עֲרָבַ֔יִךְand merchandise<s> your
umaaravayikhH4627 →9 times
הֶעֱשַׁ֖רְתְּyou made rich
heeshartH6238 →
מַלְכֵי־[the] kings of
malkhei-H4428 →2525 times
אָֽרֶץ׃[the] earth
ʾaretzH776 →2504 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
Revelation 18:19Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her…
it leads to
- 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.”
- Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.
- Ezekiel 27:30
They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
- Revelation 18:3
All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance…
- Revelation 18:10
Through
Ezekiel 28:16By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among…
it leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:9–10
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- Habakkuk 2:8
Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
- Habakkuk 2:17
For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
- 1 Timothy 6:9–10
Through
Ezekiel 27:3Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 27:4
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.
- Ezekiel 27:4
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About Ezekiel

This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.
