The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
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Gill's Exposition
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters,.... Here the city of Tyre is compared to a vessel at sea, with great propriety, it being built in the sea, and its trade chiefly there; and its rulers…
Barnes' Notes
Did sing of thee - Or, were thy bulwarks, i. e., bulwarks of thy traffic. Others render it: “were thy caravans,” thy merchandise.
Adam Clarke
The ships of Tarshish - The ships of Tharsis, in Cilicia, were the chief of those which traded with thee.
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
The "ships of Tarshish" here are deep-sea ships, great ships trading to the most distant coasts, Isa 2:16; Psa 48:7.
did sing of thee For this Ges. suggested "were thy caravans" from a verb signifying…
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