Ezekiel 27
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Lutheran reading notes
In Ezekiel chapter 27, the prophetic message continues to reveal themes of divine judgment, prophetic visions, and restoration of Israel. Lutheran interpretation often emphasizes the contrast between divine law, which exposes sin, and the promise of grace through God's future redemption. The chapter illustrates both warning and hope within God's covenant relationship.
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The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
Ezekiel 27:1 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
Ezekiel 27:2 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, {which art} a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I {am} of perfect beauty. {of perfect...: Heb. perfect of beauty}
Ezekiel 27:3 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Thy borders {are} in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. {midst: Heb. heart}
Ezekiel 27:4 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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They have made all thy {ship} boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. {made: Heb. built}
Ezekiel 27:5 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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{Of} the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches {of} ivory, {brought} out of the isles of Chittim. {the company...: or, they have made thy hatches of ivory well trodden} {company: Heb. daughter}
Ezekiel 27:6 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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. {blue...: or, purple and scarlet}
Ezekiel 27:7 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise {men}, O Tyrus, {that} were in thee, were thy pilots.
Ezekiel 27:8 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The ancients of Gebal and the wise {men} thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise. {calkers: or, stoppers of chinks: Heb. strengtheners, etc}
Ezekiel 27:9 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
Ezekiel 27:10 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The men of Arvad with thine army {were} upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
Ezekiel 27:11 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Tarshish {was} thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all {kind of} riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
Ezekiel 27:12 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they {were} thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. {market: or, merchandise}
Ezekiel 27:13 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
Ezekiel 27:14 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The men of Dedan {were} thy merchants; many isles {were} the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee {for} a present horns of ivory and ebony.
Ezekiel 27:15 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Syria {was} thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. {the wares...: Heb. thy works} {agate: or, chrysoprase}
Ezekiel 27:16 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Judah, and the land of Israel, they {were} thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. {balm: or, rosin}
Ezekiel 27:17 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Damascus {was} thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
Ezekiel 27:18 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. {going...: or, Meuzal}
Ezekiel 27:19 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Dedan {was} thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. {precious...: Heb. clothes of freedom}
Ezekiel 27:20 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these {were they} thy merchants. {they occupied...: Heb. they were the merchants of thy hand}
Ezekiel 27:21 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they {were} thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
Ezekiel 27:22 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, {and} Chilmad, {were} thy merchants.
Ezekiel 27:23 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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. {all...: or, excellent things} {clothes: Heb. foldings}
Ezekiel 27:24 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Ezekiel 27:25 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. {midst: Heb. heart}
Ezekiel 27:26 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that {are} in thee, and in all thy company which {is} in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. {and in...: or, even with all} {midst of the seas: Heb. heart, etc}
Ezekiel 27:27 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. {suburbs: or, waves}
Ezekiel 27:28 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And all that handle the oar, the mariners, {and} all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
Ezekiel 27:29 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
Ezekiel 27:30 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart {and} bitter wailing.
Ezekiel 27:31 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, {saying}, What {city is} like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
Ezekiel 27:32 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Ezekiel 27:33 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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In the time {when} thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
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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.
Ezekiel 27:35 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never {shalt be} any more. {a terror: Heb. terrors} {never...: Heb. shalt not be for ever}
Ezekiel 27:36 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.