From 1dc96de65fcf60ae6bae587a5a48ad077b0851c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 09:08:49 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Ezekiel 27:1-25 --- content/bible_journal/ezekiel_27:1-25.md | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/ezekiel_27:1-25.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_27:1-25.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_27:1-25.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5afc1c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_27:1-25.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ ++++ +title = "Ezekiel 27:1–25" +date = "2023-05-15" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel27.1-25) + +Chapter 27 is a lament that Ezekiel is instructed to raise over Tyre. It is the +kind of lament that shows how far the mighty have fallen by first detailing the +great heights they no longer occupy. I suspect the Lord has Ezekiel include +this section for our benefit because his contemporaries would have already +known how great Tyre's power was. Ever since it fell, the memories of its +greatness would fade quickly. + +The lament begins by comparing Tyre to a beautiful ship constructed of +expensive materials: fir from Senir for planks, cedar from Lebanon for a mast, +oaks from Bashan for oars, pine from Cyprus for the deck, and inlaid with +ivory. The sail was embroidered linen from Egypt, and the awnings were dyed +blue and purple from Elishah (probably Cyprus), the most expensive colors. The +ship's rowers were from Sidon and Arvad while the skilled men, the officers and +pilots were from Tyre itself. All these places were near the city of Tyre on +the Mediterranean coast. + +What does this beautiful ship do? It goes out to all the other lands and trades +with them: Persia, Put, Lud, Arvad, Helech, and Gamad provided soldiers and +weapons of war; Tarshish traded silver, iron, tin, and lead; Javan, Tubal, and +Meshech sold slaves and bronze; Beth-togarmah traded horses and mules; and the +list goes on and on. Now the locations range from as far as Spain to Ethiopia +to Iran. A great variety of wares are traded with Tyre: precious stones, food +of many kinds including expensive spices and wine, textiles, and rare woods. + +All of these connections made Tyre an economic superpower in its day, and it +was no slouch militarily, either. (Remember it fought back against Babylon, a +great empire, for thirteen years before being defeated.) Its future seemed +secure because its might was so great. Who could defeat it? + +* * * + +You are ever-victorious, and no power at all can stand against Your strength.