Albert Barnes Commentary Ezekiel 27:10-11

"Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and valorous men were in thy towers; they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have perfected thy beauty." — Ezekiel 27:10-11 (ASV)

The prophet here leaves the allegory of the ship to describe the armies of the Tyrians composed of mercenary soldiers.

Ezekiel 27:10:

Persia - The name of this people does not occur in the more ancient books of the Old Testament; but in the books of the exile and after the exile, it is frequent. This exactly corresponds with the historical record. It was precisely at the time Ezekiel wrote that the rude and warlike people of Persia were coming to prominence, and under Cyrus, they would soon seize the empire of the Asiatic world.

Lud - . The union here of “Lud with Phut,” an undoubtedly African tribe (Isaiah 66:19), seems to indicate that Lud was of Hamitic race, not Semitic race. Both names occur repeatedly on Egyptian inscriptions, especially as supplying mercenary soldiers.

Phut - Libyans .

Ezekiel 27:11:

Gammadims - Rendered by the Septuagint as “watchmen,” and by others as “brave warriors”; but more probably the name of some nation of which we have no record. The custom of hanging shields on the walls of a town as decoration seems to have been of purely Phoenician origin, and from there introduced by Solomon into Jerusalem (1 Kings 10:16).