Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
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Gill's Exposition
They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir,.... The same with Sion and Hermon, which the Sidonians called Sirion, and the Amorites Shenir, Deu 3:9 here, it seems, grew the best of fir…
Adam Clarke
Thy builders have perfected thy beauty - Under the allegory of a beautiful ship, the prophet, here and in the following verses, paints the glory of this ancient city. Horace describes the commonwealth…
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
borders … midst of the seas lit. heartof the seas, a phrase which appears to mean not "far out at sea," but, in the deep waters of the sea, ch. Eze 28:2; Eze 28:8; Exo 15:8; Jon 2:3; Psa 46:2. The…