Ezekiel 27:7 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 27:7

Of 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.

BSB

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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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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(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?'

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שֵׁשׁ־	shesh-	fine linen	H8336 →
בְּרִקְמָ֤ה	be.rik.Mah	with colorful weaving	H7553 →
מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙	mi.mitz.Ra.yim	from Egypt	H4714 →
הָיָ֣ה	ha.Yah	it was	H1961 →
מִפְרָשֵׂ֔ךְ	mif.ra.Sekh	sail your	H4666 →
לִהְי֥וֹת	lih.Yot	to become	H1961 →
לָ֖ךְ	lakh	of you
לְנֵ֑ס	le.Nes	<into> a sail	H5251 →
תְּכֵ֧לֶת	te.Khe.let	blue	H8504 →
וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן	ve.'ar.ga.Man	and purple	H713 →
מֵאִיֵּ֥י	me.'i.Yei	from [the] islands of	H339 →
אֱלִישָׁ֖ה	'e.li.Shah	Elishah	H473 →
הָיָ֥ה	ha.Yah	it was	H1961 →
מְכַסֵּֽךְ׃	me.kha.Sekh	covering your	H4374 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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
Genesis 10:4
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
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 independent 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 independent 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 independent 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.
Through
Jeremiah 10:9
Hammered 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.
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.
Through
Isaiah 19:9
The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.
leads to
- Proverbs 7:16
  I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
Through
Exodus 25:4
blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
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.

About Ezekiel

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

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Ezekiel

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Ezekiel