Ezekiel 27:35
in Ezekiel 27All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their countenance.
KJV
All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
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This verse in Ezekiel 27
Commentary
6 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.
This site's exposition
Their kings shudder with fear
The kings shudder, for their own trade and treasuries hung on Tyre's markets. The Hebrew for contorted faces pictures features thrown into turmoil by shock. The shores that bought from Tyre now tremble at its end.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 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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All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The news of Tyre’s ruin shall reach to distant isles, to merchant cities who trade with her. These in their selfish love of gain shall rejoice over her who was once paramount over them, hissing out against her curses and scorn.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֚ל | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יֹשְׁבֵ֣י | yoshevei | [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| הָאִיִּ֔ים | haiyim | the islands | H339 → | 36 times |
| שָׁמְמ֖וּ | shamemu | they have been appalled | H8074 → | 86 times |
| עָלָ֑יִךְ | ʾalayikh | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וּמַלְכֵיהֶם֙ | umalkheihem | and kings their | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שָׂ֣עֲרוּ | saaru | they have shuddered | H8175 → | |
| שַׂ֔עַר | saar | shuddering | H8178 → | |
| רָעֲמ֖וּ | raamu | they have been disconcerted | H7481 → | |
| פָּנִֽים׃ | panim | faces | H6440 → | 2123 times |
כֹּ֚לall
kolH3605 →5413 times
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י[the] inhabitants of
yosheveiH3427 →1079 times
הָאִיִּ֔יםthe islands
haiyimH339 →36 times
שָׁמְמ֖וּthey have been appalled
shamemuH8074 →86 times
עָלָ֑יִךְon you
ʾalayikhH5921 →5755 times
וּמַלְכֵיהֶם֙and kings their
umalkheihemH4428 →2525 times
שָׂ֣עֲרוּthey have shuddered
saaruH8175 →
שַׂ֔עַרshuddering
saarH8178 →
רָעֲמ֖וּthey have been disconcerted
raamuH7481 →
פָּנִֽים׃faces
panimH6440 →2123 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…
- Exodus 15:14–16
The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
- Deuteronomy 32:41
when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
- Deuteronomy 29:24
So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
- Jeremiah 51:9
“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”
- Ezekiel 26:16
Through
Isaiah 23:6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
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.”
- Isaiah 16:7
Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
- Isaiah 23:10
Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
- Isaiah 23:12
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
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; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.