John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 27:29

"And all that handled the oar, the mariners, [and] all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand upon the land," — Ezekiel 27:29 (ASV)

And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea Inferior officers, and the common people; though this may be literally understood of all sorts of seafaring people, differently employed in ships; some at the oar; some at the sails; and others at the helm;

but all shall quit their posts, and shall come down from their ships;

either there being no further business for them, an entire stop being put to trade, through the fall of Tyre;

or because of danger, and to save themselves, would leave the ship, and betake to their boats, and make for land:

hence it follows, they shall stand upon the land; upon the continent, being safely arrived; looking upon the shipwrecks, and bewailing the loss of Tyre, as in the next verse.