They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
Ezekiel 27:5 belongs to the lamentation and prophecy concerning Tyre, and describes her splendid merchant ships built with fir trees of Senir for planking and cedars from Lebanon for masts. Those costly timbers and skilled workmanship made her the renowned ancient seafaring commercial metropolis, wealthy and glorious in her perfect beauty before her fall. Her foretold utter ruin to desolation, even to a place for spreading nets, testifies to the certainty of the judgment upon her. Proud Tyre under judgment stands as a warning and example to all peoples and places that forget and defy God, whose pride, wickedness and open defiance bring judgment. In her exalted corrupt commercial greatness she pictures great Babylon, the modern Tyre whose worldwide traffic in every commodity, even the bodies and souls of men, forgets God and makes gold its god until its fall leaves its merchants desolate.
Tyre's Splendid Merchant Ships
The verse belongs to the lamentation over the destruction of Tyre in Ezekiel 26-28, which is a prophecy concerning Tyre given among prophecies against other nations and which predicts her utter ruin. Its chapter sets forth Tyre as the great ancient commercial metropolis and great seafaring city and commercial center of ancient times. Its commerce was extensive, setting forth the extent of her merchandise, and her traffickers were found everywhere. Her wealth and greatness and her maritime power and trade were renowned, with ship planks of fir from Senir and masts of cedar from Lebanon contributing to that picture. The verse describes the timber and construction of her ships, that all the ship boards were made of fir trees of Senir and the masts were made of cedars taken from Lebanon, fir for the boards and cedar for the masts. These were valued and costly timbers for shipbuilding, splendidly built, showing skilled workmanship in their use. The account of the timber belongs to the larger description of her wealth and greatness. The costly materials and splendid building show her glory before her fearful fall, for her builders had made her of perfect beauty. They show her great wealth and skill, displayed in fir from Senir for the boards and cedars from Lebanon for the masts.
Prophesied Ruin and Warning
Ezekiel 27:5 stands within the lamentation over the destruction of Tyre in Ezekiel 26-28, which foretells the utter ruin of Tyre. It belongs to the prophecy concerning Tyre the ancient commercial metropolis, whose ruins testify to the foretold judgment that she would become a place for spreading nets. It describes Tyre as a great seafaring city whose ships were built with fir from Senir and cedar from Lebanon for masts, and forms part of the prophecy whose fulfillment is evidenced in that the ancient commercial metropolis became desolate.
The chapter is a warning about Tyre's fate, presenting her ships as splendidly built with planks of fir from Senir and masts of cedars from Lebanon, and holding it forth as a lesson for cities that forget and defy God, whose pride and wickedness bring judgment. Its warning drawn from Scripture's judgments on cities is a lesson for people and places that forget and defy God, and is not a judgment limited to ancient times. The description of Tyre's wealth and maritime power makes proud Tyre under judgment an example, with which modern San Francisco is compared because of its open defiance of God.
Ezekiel 27:5 is part of the description of the merchandise of Tyre in Ezekiel 27, whose traffickers were found everywhere, and she became so corrupt and so exalted in her commercial greatness that God had to humble her. In that corrupt, exalted commercial greatness Tyre pictures great Babylon, the modern Tyre, no longer one city but a federation taking in all the earth and dealing in the same kind of traffic. That traffic is the commercialism of the present day that overrides all honor and integrity, seeks to possess all nations and gather to itself every commodity in which men deal, even to the bodies and souls of men, forgets God and makes gold its god, and when the combination falls its merchants are left desolate.
Ezekiel 27:5 belongs to the lamentation and prophecy concerning Tyre, and describes her splendid merchant ships built with fir trees of Senir for planking and cedars from Lebanon for masts. Those costly timbers and skilled workmanship made her the renowned ancient seafaring commercial metropolis, wealthy and glorious in her perfect beauty before her fall. Her foretold utter ruin to desolation, even to a place for spreading nets, testifies to the certainty of the judgment upon her. Proud Tyre under judgment stands as a warning and example to all peoples and places that forget and defy God, whose pride, wickedness and open defiance bring judgment. In her exalted corrupt commercial greatness she pictures great Babylon, the modern Tyre whose worldwide traffic in every commodity, even the bodies and souls of men, forgets God and makes gold its god until its fall leaves its merchants desolate.
Tyre's Splendid Merchant Ships
The verse belongs to the lamentation over the destruction of Tyre in Ezekiel 26-28, which is a prophecy concerning Tyre given among prophecies against other nations and which predicts her utter ruin.
Its chapter sets forth Tyre as the great ancient commercial metropolis and great seafaring city and commercial center of ancient times. Its commerce was extensive, setting forth the extent of her merchandise, and her traffickers were found everywhere. Her wealth and greatness and her maritime power and trade were renowned, with ship planks of fir from Senir and masts of cedar from Lebanon contributing to that picture.
The verse describes the timber and construction of her ships, that all the ship boards were made of fir trees of Senir and the masts were made of cedars taken from Lebanon, fir for the boards and cedar for the masts. These were valued and costly timbers for shipbuilding, splendidly built, showing skilled workmanship in their use. The account of the timber belongs to the larger description of her wealth and greatness.
The costly materials and splendid building show her glory before her fearful fall, for her builders had made her of perfect beauty. They show her great wealth and skill, displayed in fir from Senir for the boards and cedars from Lebanon for the masts.
Prophesied Ruin and Warning
Ezekiel 27:5 stands within the lamentation over the destruction of Tyre in Ezekiel 26-28, which foretells the utter ruin of Tyre. It belongs to the prophecy concerning Tyre the ancient commercial metropolis, whose ruins testify to the foretold judgment that she would become a place for spreading nets. It describes Tyre as a great seafaring city whose ships were built with fir from Senir and cedar from Lebanon for masts, and forms part of the prophecy whose fulfillment is evidenced in that the ancient commercial metropolis became desolate.
The chapter is a warning about Tyre's fate, presenting her ships as splendidly built with planks of fir from Senir and masts of cedars from Lebanon, and holding it forth as a lesson for cities that forget and defy God, whose pride and wickedness bring judgment. Its warning drawn from Scripture's judgments on cities is a lesson for people and places that forget and defy God, and is not a judgment limited to ancient times. The description of Tyre's wealth and maritime power makes proud Tyre under judgment an example, with which modern San Francisco is compared because of its open defiance of God.
Ezekiel 27:5 is part of the description of the merchandise of Tyre in Ezekiel 27, whose traffickers were found everywhere, and she became so corrupt and so exalted in her commercial greatness that God had to humble her. In that corrupt, exalted commercial greatness Tyre pictures great Babylon, the modern Tyre, no longer one city but a federation taking in all the earth and dealing in the same kind of traffic. That traffic is the commercialism of the present day that overrides all honor and integrity, seeks to possess all nations and gather to itself every commodity in which men deal, even to the bodies and souls of men, forgets God and makes gold its god, and when the combination falls its merchants are left desolate.