Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
Dedan traded with Tyre as its merchant, bringing fine and costly cloths to cover chariots, one part of a far-reaching commerce in which many peoples and nations each carried their own rich goods to its fairs and markets. The detail belongs to the lament over Tyre in Ezekiel 26-28 foretelling its utter ruin and destruction with other foreign nations. That commerce made Tyre the great wealthy merchant city of the ancient world at the sea, receiving riches and merchandise from every quarter. Its spirit of merchandise trafficked in precious goods throughout the earth until pride and corruption brought God's humbling judgment, leaving its site a place for spreading nets in the sea, and the same worldwide traffic is carried on by great Babylon the modern Tyre whose fall merchants will lament when so great riches is made desolate in one hour. The fall stands as a warning to proud God-defying cities and peoples that forget God, that they will face judgment as Tyre and ancient Babylon did.
Tyre's Commerce Described
Dedan was one of Tyre's trading partners and merchants, supplying precious cloths or clothes for chariots, and the verse belongs to a picture of Tyre's extensive trade in which many peoples brought valuable goods to its markets. Dedan is described as a merchant trading in precious cloth used for chariots as part of Ezekiel's prophecy against foreign nations. Dedan came from the borders of the Persian Gulf to trade in Tyre's fairs. That trade brought ivory and ebony and fine and costly clothing for chariots, with ivory and ebony horns also named among the goods listed for Dedan among the nations that traded with Tyre.
The verse is one detail in a picture of Tyre's extensive and far-reaching trade, in which many peoples and nations each brought their own valuable goods and many kinds of merchandise to its markets. Those trading peoples included Tarshish, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Togarmah, Syria, Judah, Israel, Damascus, Arabia, Sheba, Raamah, Haran, Canneh, Eden, Asshur and Chilmad, each bringing their own goods in all manner of merchandise. This was the glory of Tyre before her fearful fall, when all nations traded there, showing that world's fairs existed at Tyre 2,500 years ago and were not peculiar to modern times. The mention of Dedan's trade contributes to that picture of Tyre's many kinds of merchandise and far-reaching commerce as a great trading city.
That commerce shows Tyre was a great, wealthy merchant and commercial city in ancient times. It was a merchant city at the sea, receiving many kinds of merchandise and riches. Ezekiel 27 identifies Tyre as a great merchant city, described as the merchant city of the world in Nehemiah's time.
Judgment Foretold and Applied
Ezekiel 27:20 belongs to the lamentation over Tyre in Ezekiel 26-28, which is part of Ezekiel's prophecy against foreign nations foretelling the overthrow, utter ruin and destruction of Tyre and Sidon. Tyre was the great commercial city of the world, yet it would be utterly wiped out until its site became a place for spreading nets in the sea.
The verse is one detail in the picture of Tyre's spirit of merchandise in Ezekiel 27, showing her traffickers found everywhere dealing in precious goods for trade in worldwide traffic. That worldwide traffic made her corrupt and exalted until God had to humble her. The same kind of traffic is carried on by great Babylon, the modern Tyre, no longer one city but a federation taking in all the earth, seen in present-day commercialism that overrides honor and integrity, seeks to possess all nations and gather to itself every commodity even to the bodies and souls of men, forgets God and makes gold its god. When that great combination falls the individual merchants will lament that in one hour so great riches is made desolate.
The chapter serves as a lesson and warning for proud, God-defying cities and for people and places that forget or defy God, that they may face judgment as ancient Babylon and Tyre did. Tyre is set forth as a wealthy merchant city at the sea, receiving many kinds of merchandise and riches, with Dedan's trade in precious cloths contributing to the picture of its many kinds of merchandise and far-reaching commerce. San Francisco as a wealthy merchant city connected to sea trade is compared to Tyre, with its commercial importance and destruction likened to Tyre's.
Dedan traded with Tyre as its merchant, bringing fine and costly cloths to cover chariots, one part of a far-reaching commerce in which many peoples and nations each carried their own rich goods to its fairs and markets. The detail belongs to the lament over Tyre in Ezekiel 26-28 foretelling its utter ruin and destruction with other foreign nations. That commerce made Tyre the great wealthy merchant city of the ancient world at the sea, receiving riches and merchandise from every quarter. Its spirit of merchandise trafficked in precious goods throughout the earth until pride and corruption brought God's humbling judgment, leaving its site a place for spreading nets in the sea, and the same worldwide traffic is carried on by great Babylon the modern Tyre whose fall merchants will lament when so great riches is made desolate in one hour. The fall stands as a warning to proud God-defying cities and peoples that forget God, that they will face judgment as Tyre and ancient Babylon did.
Tyre's Commerce Described
Dedan was one of Tyre's trading partners and merchants, supplying precious cloths or clothes for chariots, and the verse belongs to a picture of Tyre's extensive trade in which many peoples brought valuable goods to its markets. Dedan is described as a merchant trading in precious cloth used for chariots as part of Ezekiel's prophecy against foreign nations. Dedan came from the borders of the Persian Gulf to trade in Tyre's fairs. That trade brought ivory and ebony and fine and costly clothing for chariots, with ivory and ebony horns also named among the goods listed for Dedan among the nations that traded with Tyre.
The verse is one detail in a picture of Tyre's extensive and far-reaching trade, in which many peoples and nations each brought their own valuable goods and many kinds of merchandise to its markets. Those trading peoples included Tarshish, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Togarmah, Syria, Judah, Israel, Damascus, Arabia, Sheba, Raamah, Haran, Canneh, Eden, Asshur and Chilmad, each bringing their own goods in all manner of merchandise. This was the glory of Tyre before her fearful fall, when all nations traded there, showing that world's fairs existed at Tyre 2,500 years ago and were not peculiar to modern times. The mention of Dedan's trade contributes to that picture of Tyre's many kinds of merchandise and far-reaching commerce as a great trading city.
That commerce shows Tyre was a great, wealthy merchant and commercial city in ancient times. It was a merchant city at the sea, receiving many kinds of merchandise and riches. Ezekiel 27 identifies Tyre as a great merchant city, described as the merchant city of the world in Nehemiah's time.
Judgment Foretold and Applied
Ezekiel 27:20 belongs to the lamentation over Tyre in Ezekiel 26-28, which is part of Ezekiel's prophecy against foreign nations foretelling the overthrow, utter ruin and destruction of Tyre and Sidon. Tyre was the great commercial city of the world, yet it would be utterly wiped out until its site became a place for spreading nets in the sea.
The verse is one detail in the picture of Tyre's spirit of merchandise in Ezekiel 27, showing her traffickers found everywhere dealing in precious goods for trade in worldwide traffic. That worldwide traffic made her corrupt and exalted until God had to humble her. The same kind of traffic is carried on by great Babylon, the modern Tyre, no longer one city but a federation taking in all the earth, seen in present-day commercialism that overrides honor and integrity, seeks to possess all nations and gather to itself every commodity even to the bodies and souls of men, forgets God and makes gold its god. When that great combination falls the individual merchants will lament that in one hour so great riches is made desolate.
The chapter serves as a lesson and warning for proud, God-defying cities and for people and places that forget or defy God, that they may face judgment as ancient Babylon and Tyre did. Tyre is set forth as a wealthy merchant city at the sea, receiving many kinds of merchandise and riches, with Dedan's trade in precious cloths contributing to the picture of its many kinds of merchandise and far-reaching commerce. San Francisco as a wealthy merchant city connected to sea trade is compared to Tyre, with its commercial importance and destruction likened to Tyre's.