Teks -- Ezekiel 27:27-36 (NET)

27:27 Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains, your ship’s carpenters, your merchants, and all your fighting men within you, along with all your crew who are in you, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall. 27:28 At the sound of your captains’ cry the waves will surge; 27:29 They will descend from their ships– all who handle the oar, the sailors and all the sea captains– they will stand on the land. 27:30 They will lament loudly over you and cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes; 27:31 they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning. 27:32 As they wail they will lament over you, chanting: “Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?” 27:33 When your products went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with the abundance of your wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth. 27:34 Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your company have sunk along with you. 27:35 All the inhabitants of the coastlands are shocked at you, and their kings are horribly afraid– their faces are troubled. 27:36 The traders among the peoples hiss at you; you have become a horror, and will be no more.’”

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Wesley: Eze 27:27 - All thy company

All that are men fit for war, in the multitudes of people that are in thee.

Wesley: Eze 27:27 - Shall fall

These all shall fall together.

Wesley: Eze 27:28 - The suburbs

The suburbs, which are nearest the sea, shall first hear the out - cries of pilots, and mariners.

Wesley: Eze 27:29 - Shall come down

ln the allegory of a miserable shipwreck, the prophet sets forth the fall of Tyre; and in this verse he represents them all shifting out of the sinking ship, in great confusion.

Wesley: Eze 27:30 - Wallow themselves in ashes

As men use to do in their greatest mournings.

Wesley: Eze 27:32 - In the sea

Alas! what was once her safeguard, is now her grave.

Wesley: Eze 27:33 - Went forth

Were landed.

Wesley: Eze 27:33 - Thou filledst

There was enough to supply to the full.

Wesley: Eze 27:34 - By the seas

The Babylonians, that like seas shall swell, roar, and break in upon thee.

Wesley: Eze 27:35 - Troubled

They shall not be able to conceal the discomposure of their mind, but will shew it in their countenance.

Wesley: Eze 27:36 - Shall hiss

Will mock at thy fall.

JFB: Eze 27:27

The detailed enumeration implies the utter completeness of the ruin.

JFB: Eze 27:27 - and in all thy company

"even with all thy collected multitude" [HENDERSON].

JFB: Eze 27:28 - The suburbs

The buildings of Tyre on the adjoining continent.

JFB: Eze 27:29

So on the downfall of spiritual Babylon (Rev 18:17, &c.).

JFB: Eze 27:29 - shall stand upon . . . land

Being cast out of their ships in which heretofore they prided themselves.

JFB: Eze 27:30 - against thee

Rather, "concerning thee."

JFB: Eze 27:31 - utterly bald

Literally, "bald with baldness." The Phœnician custom in mourning; which, as being connected with heathenish superstitions, was forbidden to Israel (Deu 14:1).

JFB: Eze 27:31 - take up

Lift up.

JFB: Eze 27:31 - the destroyed

A destroyed one. Literally, (as opposed to its previous bustle of thronging merchants and mariners, Eze 27:27), "one brought to death's stillness."

JFB: Eze 27:31 - in . . . midst of . . . sea

Insular Tyre.

JFB: Eze 27:33 - out of the seas

Brought on shore out of the ships.

JFB: Eze 27:33 - filledst

Didst supply plentifully with wares.

JFB: Eze 27:33 - enrich . . . kings

With the custom dues levied on the wares.

JFB: Eze 27:34 - In the time when . . . shall . . . shall

Now that thou art broken (wrecked) . . . thy merchandise . . . are fallen [MAURER].

JFB: Eze 27:35 - isles

Seacoasts.

JFB: Eze 27:36 - hiss

With astonishment; as in 1Ki 9:8.

Clarke: Eze 27:27 - Thy riches

Thy riches - This vast ship, laden with all kinds of valuable wares, and manned in the best manner, being wrecked, all her valuables, sailors, officers, etc., went to the bottom.

Clarke: Eze 27:28 - The cry of thy pilots

The cry of thy pilots - When the ship was dashed against the rocks by the violence of the winds and the waves, and all hope of life was taken away, then a universal cry was set up by all on board. I have heard this cry, and nothing more dismal can be imagined, when the ship by a violent tempest is driving among rocks on a lee shore. Then "All lost! cut away the boat!"is more dreadful than the cry of fire at midnight.

Clarke: Eze 27:30 - Shall cry bitterly

Shall cry bitterly - All that were on the land, seeing this dreadful sight, a gallant ship perishing with all her men and goods, are represented as setting up a dismal cry at this heart-rending sight. But what must they have felt who were on board? Reader, wert thou ever shipwrecked? Wert thou ever in a hurricane on a lee rocky shore, where the helm had lost its power, and the sails were rendered useless? Dost thou remember that apparently last moment, when the ship drove up to the tremendous rocks, riding on the back of a mountainous surge? Then what was the universal cry? Hast thou ever heard any thing so terrific? so appalling? so death and judgment-like? No. It is impossible. These are the circumstances, this is the cry, that the prophet describes; disorder, confusion, dismay, and ruin. And this is a scene which the present writer has witnessed, himself a part of the wretched, when all hope of life was taken away, the yawning gulf opened, and nothing presented itself to support body or soul but that God who gave to both their being, and ultimately rescued him and his forlorn companions from one of the worst of deaths, by heaving the ship from the rocks by the agency of a tremendous receding wave. My soul hath these things still in remembrance, and therefore is humbled within me.

Clarke: Eze 27:32 - What city is like Tyrus

What city is like Tyrus - This, to the end of the chapter, is the lamentation.

Clarke: Eze 27:36 - Shall hiss at thee

Shall hiss at thee - שרקו shareku , shall shriek for thee. This powerfully expresses the sensation made on the feelings of the spectators on the shore when they saw the vessel swallowed up.

TSK: Eze 27:27 - Thy riches // and in all // shall fall // midst

Thy riches : In these beautiful and expressive figures, Tyre is represented as a ship at sea, wrecked through the mistakes of her pilots and rowers; that is, destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and afterwards by Alexander, in consequence of her rulers having pertinaciously resolved to withstand those haughty conquerors. This vast ship, laden with all kinds of valuable wares, being wrecked, all her valuables, sailors, officers, etc. went to the bottom. Eze 27:7-9, Eze 27:12, Eze 27:18, Eze 27:19, Eze 27:22, Eze 27:24, Eze 27:34, Eze 26:12; Pro 11:4; Rev 18:11-24

and in all : or, even with all

shall fall : Eze 26:14, Eze 26:21

midst : Heb. heart, Eze 27:26

TSK: Eze 27:28 - suburbs // shake

suburbs : or waves

shake : Eze 27:35, Eze 26:10,Eze 26:15-18, Eze 31:16; Exo 15:14; Nah 2:3

TSK: Eze 27:29 - all that handle // shall come

all that handle : Rev 18:17-24

shall come : Eze 26:16, Eze 32:10

TSK: Eze 27:30 - shall cause // cast // they shall wallow

shall cause : All that were on land, seeing this gallant ship perishing with all her men and goods, are here represented as setting up a dismal cry at the heart-rending sight. Eze 27:31, Eze 27:32, Eze 26:17; Isa 23:1-6; Rev 18:9-19

cast : 1Sa 4:12; 2Sa 1:2; Job 2:12; Lam 2:10; Rev 18:19

they shall wallow : Est 4:1-4; Job 2:8, Job 42:6; Jer 6:26, Jer 25:34; Jon 3:6; Mic 1:10

TSK: Eze 27:31 - they shall make // they shall weep

they shall make : Eze 7:18; Lev 21:5; Deu 14:1; Isa 15:2, Isa 22:12; Jer 16:6, Jer 47:5, Jer 48:37; Amo 8:10; Mic 1:16

they shall weep : Isa 16:9, Isa 22:4; Mic 1:8

TSK: Eze 27:32 - take up // What city // the destroyed

take up : Eze 27:2, Eze 26:17

What city : Lam 1:12, Lam 2:13; Rev 18:18

the destroyed : Eze 27:26, Eze 26:4, Eze 26:5

TSK: Eze 27:33 - thy wares // with the

thy wares : Eze 27:3, 12-36; Isa 23:3-8; Rev 18:3, Rev 18:12-15, Rev 18:19

with the : Eze 27:27, Eze 28:16

TSK: Eze 27:34

Eze 27:26, Eze 27:27, Eze 26:12-15, Eze 26:19-21; Zec 9:3, Zec 9:4

TSK: Eze 27:35 - the inhabitants // their kings

the inhabitants : Eze 26:15-18; Isa 23:6

their kings : Eze 28:17-19, Eze 32:10; Rev 18:9, Rev 18:10

TSK: Eze 27:36 - hiss // thou shalt // a terror // never shalt be any more

hiss : Eze 26:2; 1Ki 9:8; Jer 18:16, Jer 19:8; Lam 2:15; Zep 2:15

thou shalt : Eze 26:14, Eze 26:21

a terror : Heb. terrors

never shalt be any more : Heb. shalt not be forever Psa 37:10,Psa 37:36

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Eze 27:27 - Thy riches // Thy fairs // Thy merchandise // Thy mariners // All thy company // Shall fall // In the day // Ruin

Thy riches not the vast treasures of the public, nor the great wealth of private citizens, shall purchase Tyre a continued prosperity.

Thy fairs these shall be interrupted by the siege, and none that frequented them shall prevail for access to them.

Thy merchandise the stock of goods of all sorts now in thy warehouses, and what thou hast trusted out.

Thy mariners & c.: see Eze 27:8-11 .

All thy company all that are men fit for war in the multitudes of people that are in thee, or all thy own citizens that are thy militia, trained bands, or artillery company.

Shall fall: it is plural, these all shall at once fall together. The midst of the seas: see Eze 27:26 .

In the day the time indeed was long preparing for the fall, but a day finished it.

Ruin utter desolation.

Poole: Eze 27:28

The lesser cities on terra firma shall be alarmed with summons of their governors to put themselves in a posture of defence. Or, the waves, an elegant hyperbole, thus read; The very waves, which roar and terrify, shall hear and tremble at a stranger and more doleful cry than their own. Or, as our version, The suburbs, which are nearest the sea, shall first hear the outcries of pilots and mariners despairing of escape, when, their ship broken to pieces, all at once shriek out. So shall thy citizens cry and fall.

Poole: Eze 27:29

In the allegory of a miserable shipwreck, the prophet sets forth Tyre’ s fall, and in this verse he represents them all shifting out of the shattered sinking ship, in great confusion, and greater fear; the slaves quit the oars, the mariners throw up the tacklings, pilots leave the helm, all make for the long boat and the land, where they bewail their undone condition. Or it may be more literally understood thus; All sea-faring men, who got their living by service done for Tyre at sea, seeing her utterly broken, shall leave the ships, get to land, that elsewhere they may get employment, or by a timely flight save themselves, and bewail their old masters’ fall.

Poole: Eze 27:30 - Shall cause their voice to be heard // Against thee // Shall cry bitterly // Shall cast up dust upon their heads // Wallow themselves in the ashes

Shall cause their voice to be heard with greatest cries they shall make the country echo forth their sorrows.

Against thee either standing on higher ground over against the shipwrecked city; or rather,

for thee those Eastern people did use to lift up their voice in mourning, Job 2:12 Jer 31:15 Lam 2:18,19 Zec 11:3 .

Shall cry bitterly their weeping shall be from a deep sense of the misery of their friends. and this expressed by bitter cries; so such sorrow is expressed, Zep 1:14 Isa 22:4 33:7 .

Shall cast up dust upon their heads another expression of great distress and sorrow, proper to those countries, Jos 7:6 Job 2:12 Lam 2:10 Jer 6:26 .

Wallow themselves in the ashes which they used to do in their greatest mourning, as Mic 1:10 Jer 6:26 . As every country hath its peculiar manners and customs in mourning, so had these customs that expressed most vehement sorrows in gestures which we are not accustomed to.

Poole: Eze 27:31 - With bitterness of heart

It was the custom of the heathen, to either pull off with their hands, or cut off, the hair of their heads in great mournings, which God forbade to his people, Lev 21:5 Deu 14:1 . Thus do Tyre’ s mourners in baldness express their sorrow and despair. Gird them with sackcloth; another usual ceremony of mourners, well known to all.

With bitterness of heart it shall be a hearty mourning, not a counterfeit one; this referring to the inward grief, the next bitter wailing refers to the outward expressing it.

Poole: Eze 27:32 - In their wailing // What city is like Tyrus? // The destroyed // In the midst of the sea

In their wailing in their sorrowful speeches of Tyre. Shall take up into their mouths, or with a composed, significant, and comprehensive form of speech, to show much grief in few words.

What city is like Tyrus? a few years since no city like her in beauty, riches, glory, and joy, now none like her in all the contraries.

The destroyed now no more Tyre the flourishing, the renowned, the mart of nations, and the stately built; but now the destroyed, the silent, overwhelmed with grief, which was full of songs.

In the midst of the sea: alas! what was once her safeguard is now her grave, what enriched her once hath now swallowed all up at once.

Poole: Eze 27:33 - Thy wares // Went forth out of the seas // Thou filledst // Many people // Of the earth // The multitude of thy riches

Thy wares brought home from all coasts.

Went forth out of the seas were landed, brought on shore for the mart.

Thou filledst there was enough to supply to the full.

Many people numerous, stately, sumptuous nations, though their prodigality was great, thou furnishedst them, hadst wares rich and stately enough for all of them. Such influence had thy vast trade, that not only meaner men and subjects, but kings themselves, were made more wealthy by it.

Of the earth i.e. all kings of the known world, or kings of nations far off as well as neighbouring kings.

The multitude of thy riches the greatness of thy trade, the variety of thy wares brought from all parts were thy own riches, and enriched all thou didst trade with; kings were enriched by customs and tolls paid to them, by the enriching their subjects, who thereby were fitter to pay taxes, or by furnishing their treasuries with all the peculiar treasures of kings, the rare and precious jewels which they, esteem; and since we know some kings did trade too, by this Tyre increased their wealth.

Poole: Eze 27:34

In the time; so soon as, or ever after the unhappy day. Broken; shattered to pieces. The seas; the powers of the Babylonians, that, like seas, shall swell, roar, and break in upon thee. In the depths of the waters; in the deepest afflictions, and by sorest oppressions and violence. Thy merchandise; all thy trade. All thy company; the multitude of thy citizens, of thy hired soldiers, of thy allies abroad, and of those that came into thy markets for trade, shall cease, wither, and perish too.

Poole: Eze 27:35 - The isles // Astonished // Sore afraid // They shall be troubled

The isles strictly and in a larger sense the seacoasts.

Astonished wondering it ever should be effected that Tyre should fall.

Sore afraid: knowing how they are much less able to resist and defend themselves, and not knowing where that mighty conqueror would next try his arms and fortune.

They shall be troubled shall not be able to conceal the discomposure of their mind; but in their countenance a trouble made up of grief, fear, and indignation, grief for their friends, fear for themselves, against that cruelty and inhumanity which, without respect to any thing dear to mankind, ruined the glory of the world, destroyed what could not be repaired by all the riches, and wisdom, and bounty of the Babylonish kingdom.

Poole: Eze 27:36 - Hiss // A terror

Hiss: this usually is an expression of scorn and contempt poured forth on the person hissed at; if thus understood, the meaning is, there should be some among Tyre’ s customers that would rejoice at her fall, and flout at her, either perhaps wronged by her in their trade, Eze 28:16 , or else with envy, and expectation of her trade to turn to them, return to her the wicked carriage she showed to Jerusalem fallen and sacked: if it be a sign of aught else, it is of wonder, as 1Ki 9:8 .

A terror matter of many fears, and to many people, who do or shall hear how terribly thine enemies have raged against thee and prevailed. Never shalt be any more: see Eze 26:14 .

Haydock: Eze 27:30 - Ashes

Ashes. They followed the same customs as the Jews. (Calmet) ---

The latter were ordered to avoid cutting the hair, like them; yet did so, Deuteronomy xiv., and Isaias xxii. 22. (Worthington)

Haydock: Eze 27:36 - Hissed

Hissed, through pity and astonishment. (Calmet)

Gill: Eze 27:27 - Thy riches // and thy fairs // thy merchandise // thy mariners // and thy pilots // thy calkers // and the occupiers of the merchandise // and all thy men of war that are in thee // and in all thy company, which is in the midst of thee // these all shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin

Thy riches,.... That vast mass of wealth Tyre had got by her trade and merchandise, were all lost, at once, and came to nought, which had been many years gathering; see Rev 18:17,

and thy fairs; to which there were such great resorts from all parts, and where such a prodigious traffic was carried on, were now interrupted by the siege, and put to an end upon the ruin of the city:

thy merchandise; the goods both imported and exported; the wares that were brought in from foreign parts, and sold in her, and what was taken from her in lieu of them; now nothing more of this kind; and what goods were in her, whether her own or others, were all lost and destroyed:

thy mariners; who were the inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad, Eze 27:8, these perished with her:

and thy pilots; who were the wisest, most skilful, and best learned in the art of navigation, and who were of the city itself, these were no more, Eze 27:8,

thy calkers: the wise and ancient men of Gebal, Eze 27:9,

and the occupiers of the merchandise; that traded in her markets and fairs, mentioned from Eze 27:12,

and all thy men of war that are in thee: to fight for her and defend her; the Persians, Lydiaus, and Lybians, the men of Arvad, and the Gammadims, Eze 27:10,

and in all thy company, which is in the midst of thee; the great concourse of people, whether natives or foreigners:

these all shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin: the walls and banks being demolished, the sea broke in upon it, and washed all away in it, and left it a bare rock; see Eze 26:4.

Gill: Eze 27:28 - The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. // at the sound of the cry of thy pilots the waves are moved

The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. Or governors, as the Targum; and so the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions: the allegory of a ship wrecked is still continued: the sense is, that such should be the cry of the principal men of the city when it should be taken, that the noise of it would be heard upon the continent, and in the towns and villages belonging to Tyre, which would make the inhabitants of them tremble: or,

at the sound of the cry of thy pilots the waves are moved, or "tremble" ^g; which beat very strong at the time of her fall into the sea.

Gill: Eze 27:29 - And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea // and shall come down from their ships // they shall stand upon the land

And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea,.... Inferior officers, and the common people; though this may be literally understood of all sorts of seafaring people, differently employed in ships; some at the oar; some at the sails; and others at the helm; but all shall quit their posts,

and shall come down from their ships; either there being no further business for them, an entire stop being put to trade, through the fall of Tyre; or because of danger, and to save themselves, would leave the ship, and betake to their boats, and make for land: hence it follows,

they shall stand upon the land; upon the continent, being safely arrived; looking upon the shipwrecks, and bewailing the loss of Tyre, as in the next verse.

Gill: Eze 27:30 - And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee // and shall cry bitterly // and they shall cast dust upon their heads // and they shall wallow themselves in ashes

And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee,.... The rulers and governors of the city, for having taken a false step in provoking the enemy, and then holding out the siege no longer, as it was thought they might and would: or rather "over thee", or, "for thee" ^h; mourning over the city, and lamenting its sad case; see Rev 18:9,

and shall cry bitterly; with great weeping, howling, and shrieking:

and they shall cast dust upon their heads; a custom used in the eastern countries, in time of mourning and sorrow; see Rev 18:19,

and they shall wallow themselves in ashes: or roll themselves in them, another custom used in mourning; see Jer 6:26.

Gill: Eze 27:31 - And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee // and gird them with sackcloth // and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing

And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee,.... Either by shaving their heads, or tearing off their hair, as mourners in distress have been used to do:

and gird them with sackcloth; about their loins, as was very customary in such distressed cases:

and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing; not in show only, but in reality; not like the "preficae" or mourning women, though the allusion may be to them, who only mourned outwardly; but these from the very heart, and in great bitterness of spirit this is expressive of the inward grief of their minds on this melancholy occasion, as what follows declares the lamentation they expressed vocally; see Rev 18:19.

Gill: Eze 27:32 - And in their wailing they shall takes up a lamentation for thee // and lament over thee // what city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea

And in their wailing they shall takes up a lamentation for thee,.... A mournful song, such as was used at funerals, or in times of calamity; and so the Vulgate Latin version renders it:

and lament over thee; saying the following ditty;

what city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? as there was none like it a few years ago for riches, splendour, and glory, so now there is none like it for misery and ruin; see Rev 18:18. The Targum is,

"who is as Tyre? there is none like unto her in the midst of the sea;''

she is not now Tyre the renowned, but Tyre the destroyed; destroyed in the midst of the sea, from whence she had her riches and her glory: or, "as one dumb or silent in the midst of the sea"; she, in whom was heard the voice of joy and singing, is now mute, and nothing more of that kind is heard in her see Rev 18:22.

Gill: Eze 27:33 - When thy wares went forth out of the seas // thou filledst many people // thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and pithy merchandise

When thy wares went forth out of the seas,.... When they were took out of ships, which came to Tyre from all parts, and were landed on the shore, and put up in warehouses, and exposed in markets and The Targum is,

"when thy merchandise went out from among the nations;''

being brought from all parts thither:

thou filledst many people; by selling them in their markets commodities they wanted, for which they came from all quarters; and by sending them to others in ships, where they knew they stood in need of them, and would fetch them a good price; and they had enough to answer the demands of all, and to supply them to the full:

thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and pithy merchandise; by taking off the goods of their subjects, whereby they were able the better to pay their taxes, and support them in their grandeur and dignity; as well as by furnishing them gold and silver, and precious stones, which they gave for the produce of their country; or by the toll and custom of the goods imported or exported.

Gill: Eze 27:34 - In the time when thou shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters // thy merchandise, and all thy company in the midst of thee, shall fall

In the time when thou shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters..... By the Chaldean army, which came upon them like the waves of the sea, Eze 26:3 by which they were overpowered and destroyed; just as a ship on the mighty waters is dashed and broke to pieces by the waves thereof:

thy merchandise, and all thy company in the midst of thee, shall fall; trade shall cease, and the mixed multitude of traders from all parts shall be seen no more; the natives of the place shall perish; mariners and soldiers, and persons of every rank and degree, age, and sex. The Targum renders it,

"all thine armies.''

Abendana suggests that this respects the destruction of Tyre by Alexander the great.

Gill: Eze 27:35 - All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee // and their kings shall be sore afraid // they shall be troubled in their countenance

All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee,.... Both near and afar off; and not only the inhabitants of the isles, properly so called, but all that dwelt on the continent by the seaside; who would all be amazed when they heard of the ruin of Tyro, which they thought inexpugnable, by reason of its natural and artificial strength:

and their kings shall be sore afraid; that it will be their turn next; and as well knowing that they were less able to contend with so mighty a monarch as the king of Babylon, or Alexander the great, than Tyre was; see Rev 18:9,

they shall be troubled in their countenance; their inward passions of grief and fear shall be seen in their countenances; which will wax pale, be dejected, distorted, and furrowed.

Gill: Eze 27:36 - The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee // and never shall be any more

The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee,.... As Tyre had done at Jerusalem, Eze 26:2 as she hoped to make better markets upon the fall of Jerusalem, and therefore rejoiced at it; so these merchants upon her fall will hope that her trade will come into their hands, and therefore despise her, hiss, and laugh at her in her abject state. The Targum is,

"shall be astonished at thee;''

struck with wonder, and even with a stupor at her fall: "and thou shalt be a terror"; not only to thyself, but to kings and merchants, and to all the inhabitants of the isles, and to all that trade by sea; who will be struck with surprise and dread when they hear of thy destruction; see Rev 18:9,

and never shall be any more; upon the same spot, and in the same grandeur and glory: some understand this only of a long time, as seventy years, when it was rebuilt; see Isa 23:15, it may respect its last destruction, since which it has not been, nor now is, or ever will be: this will be true of mystical Babylon, the antitype of Tyre, Rev 18:21.