John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 27:36

"The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt nevermore have any being." — Ezekiel 27:36 (ASV)

The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee

As Tyre had done at Jerusalem, (Ezekiel 26:2) as she hoped to make better markets upon the fall of Jerusalem, and therefore rejoiced at it; so these merchants upon her fall will hope that her trade will come into their hands, and therefore despise her, hiss, and laugh at her in her abject state. The Targum is, ``shall be astonished at thee;'' struck with wonder, and even with a stupor at her fall.

"and you shall be a terror"; not only to yourself, but to kings and merchants, and to all the inhabitants of the isles, and to all that trade by sea; who will be struck with surprise and dread when they hear of your destruction; see (Revelation 18:9–11Revelation 18:15Revelation 18:17) .

and never shall be any more ; upon the same spot, and in the same grandeur and glory: some understand this only of a long time, as seventy years, when it was rebuilt; see (Isaiah 23:15Isaiah 23:17) , it may respect its last destruction, since which it has not been, nor now is, or ever will be: this will be true of mystical Babylon, the antitype of Tyre, (Revelation 18:21) .