Ezekiel - 27:28



28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots the suburbs shall shake.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 27:28.

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The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
At the voice of the cry of thy pilots shake do the suburbs.
At the sound of the cry of your ships' guides, the boards of the ship will be shaking.
At the sound of the cry of thy pilots The waves shall shake.
Your fleets will be disturbed by the sound of an outcry from your navigators.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The suburbs - Or, "precincts." Tyre rose from the midst of the sea; her "precincts" were the surrounding waters and the adjoining coasts.

The cry of thy pilots - When the ship was dashed against the rocks by the violence of the winds and the waves, and all hope of life was taken away, then a universal cry was set up by all on board. I have heard this cry, and nothing more dismal can be imagined, when the ship by a violent tempest is driving among rocks on a lee shore. Then "All lost! cut away the boat!" is more dreadful than the cry of fire at midnight.

The (m) common lands shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
(m) That is, the cities near you, as Zidon, Arund and others.

The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. Or governors, as the Targum; and so the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions: the allegory of a ship wrecked is still continued: the sense is, that such should be the cry of the principal men of the city when it should be taken, that the noise of it would be heard upon the continent, and in the towns and villages belonging to Tyre, which would make the inhabitants of them tremble: or,
at the sound of the cry of thy pilots the waves are moved, or "tremble" (g); which beat very strong at the time of her fall into the sea.
(g) "commoti sunt fluctus jactni", Junius & Tremellius; "contremiscent fluctus", Piscator.

The suburbs--the buildings of Tyre on the adjoining continent.

The suburbs - The suburbs, which are nearest the sea, shall first hear the out - cries of pilots, and mariners.

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