7Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
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Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-25)Here, I. The prophet is ordered to take up a lamentation for Tyrus, Ezek. 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 lament it, because its prosperity is its snare, is the cause of its pride and security, which will make its fall the more grievous. Even those that live at ease are to be lamented if they be not prepa…
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