Ezekiel 27:5
3 Tell 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 beauty.’
4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.
They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
6 Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.
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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
- KJV
- They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
- WEB
- They have made all your planks of cypress trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
- ASV
- They have made all thy planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for thee.
- DARBY
- They made all thy double boards of cypress-trees of Senir; they took cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
- BLB
- With cypress from Senir they have built for you all [your] planks; a cedar from Lebanon they took to make a mast for you.
- ÅB
- Av cypresser fra Senir bygget de begge dine plankesider; sedrer fra Libanon hentet de for å gjøre mast på deg.
- OTB
- De laget alt ditt tømmer av einer fra Senir;
en seder fra Libanon ble tatt
for å lage en mast for deg. - B1930
- Av cypresser fra Senir bygget de begge dine plankesider; sedrer fra Libanon hentet de for å gjøre mast på dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 3:9
which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—
Read in contextSong of Solomon 4:8
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:8
Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”
Read in contextPsalms 29:5
The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
Read in contextPsalms 104:16
The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
Read in context1 Kings 5:6
Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”
Read in contextPsalms 92:12
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Read in context1 Kings 5:1
Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
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