Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
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Gill's Exposition
They of the house of Togarmah,.... The Targum is,
"they of the province or country of Germany.''
Jerom understands it of Phrygia, near to which was Cappadocia; and perhaps is here meant, since it…
The thread broken at Eze 27:8 is taken up, and the various nations are enumerated which traded with Tyre. Eze 27:12 Tarshish - Tartessus in Spain (marginal references). Spain was rich in the metals…
Adam Clarke
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech - The Ionians, the Tybarenians, and the Cappadocians, or Muscovites.
They traded the persons of men - That is, they trafficked in slaves. The bodies and souls of men were…
Here, I. The prophet is ordered to take up a lamentation for Tyrus, Eze 27:2. It was yet in the height of its prosperity, and there appeared not the least symptom of its decay; yet the prophet must…
Cambridge Bible
These three countries, Javan, Tubal and Meshech are usually named together, Gen 10:2; Eze 32:26; Eze 38:2; Eze 39:1; Isa 66:19. The first is the Ionians, the Greeks of Asia Minor, and the two last…
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