Ezekiel 27:9

Ezekiel 27:10 →

The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.

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Interpretation

Those who live at ease are to be lamented, if they are not prepared for trouble. Let none reckon themselves beautified, any further than they are sanctified.

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This thought runs through Ezekiel 27:8-9.

Ezekiel 27:8 Ezekiel 27:9

Glossary

Calkers People: Workmen skilled in stopping the seams of the deck or sides of vessels. The inhabitants of Gebel were employed in such work on Tyrian vessels ( Ezek. 27:9 , 27; marg., “strengtheners” or “stoppers of chinks”).
Gebal Place: A line (or natural boundary, as a mountain range). (1. ) A tract in the land of Edom south of the Dead Sea ( Ps. 83:7 ); now called Djebal. Modern identification: Byblos.