The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 27:26

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Thy rowers have brought thee. The metaphor goes on its course. The state-ship is in the open sea, and the east wind, the Euroclydon of the Mediterranean (Acts 27:14), blows and threatens it with destruction (comp.

Psalms 48:7). In that destruction all who contributed to her prosperity were involved. The picture reminds us of the description of the ship of Tarshish in Jonah 1:4, Jonah 1:5. The city shall be left, in that terrible day, in the heart of the seas (Revised Version).

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