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Ezekiel 27:12 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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
Verse in Context
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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.
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.
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.
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
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Ezekiel 27:1
"The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 27:2
"Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;"
Ezekiel 27:3
"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."
Ezekiel 27:4
"Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty."
Ezekiel 27:5
"They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts"
Ezekiel 27:6
"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."
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