Ezekiel 27:34

27:33 When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.

In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

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In the time that you were broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company fell within you.

In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

In the time when you shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters your merchandise and all your company in the middle of you shall fall.

27:35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.

What does Ezekiel 27:34 mean?

Ezekiel 27:34 is a verse in the book of Ezekiel, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עֵת (ʻêth), שָׁבַר (shâbar), יָם (yâm). It connects to 9 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

the

timeעֵתʻêth/ayth/H6256time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

when

thou

shalt

brokenשָׁבַרshâbar/shaw-bar'/H7665to burst (literally or figuratively)

the

seasיָםyâm/yawm/H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south

the

depthsמַעֲמָקmaʻămâq/mah-am-awk'/H4615a deep

the

watersמַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

thy

merchandiseמַעֲרָבmaʻărâb/mah-ar-awb'/H4627traffic; by implication, mercantile goods

and

all

thy

companyקָהָלqâhâl/kaw-hawl'/H6951assemblage (usually concretely)

the

midstתָּוֶךְtâvek/taw'-vek/H8432a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

thee

shall

fall.נָפַלnâphal/naw-fal'/H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

Commentary on Ezekiel 27:34

HENRY_FULL · Ezekiel 27:34

ways in dealing with nations and kingdoms, that he can easily do what he will with them, as easily as the potter can with the clay ( ver. 1-6 ), but that he certainly will do what is just and fair with them. If he threaten their ruin, yet upon their repentance he will return in mercy to them, and, when he is coming towards them in mercy, nothing but their sin will stop the progress of his favours, ver. 7-10 . II. A particular demonstration of the folly of the men of Judah and Jerusalem in departing from their God to idols, and so bringing ruin upon themselves notwithstanding the fair warnings given them and God's kind intentions towards them, ver. 11-17 . III. The prophet's complaint to God of the base ingratitude and unreasonable malice of his enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and his prayers against them, ver. 18-23 . The Sovereign Prerogative of God; Divine Goodness and Equity. ( b. c. 600.)

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Isaiah 20:2

At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. by: Heb. by the hand of

Ezekiel 4:1

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:

Ezekiel 13:1

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 19:1

Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

Ezekiel 19:2

And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

Ezekiel 23:22

Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;

Amos 7:7

Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

Acts 9:6

And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

Hebrews 1:1

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Ezekiel 27:34.

Exodus 14:16

But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

Exodus 14:22

And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

Exodus 14:23

And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

Exodus 14:27

And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. overthrew: Heb. shook off

Exodus 14:29

But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

Exodus 15:19

For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:22

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

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What does Ezekiel 27:34 say?

Ezekiel 27:34 (King James Version) reads: "In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall."

Is Ezekiel 27:34 in the Old or New Testament?

Ezekiel 27:34 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Ezekiel.

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