John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 27:4

"Thy borders are in the heart of the seas; thy builders have perfected thy beauty." — Ezekiel 27:4 (ASV)

Your borders are in the midst of the seas, Fixed by the Lord himself, and which could never be removed. Tyre stood about half a mile from the continent, surrounded with the waters of the sea, till it was made a peninsula by Alexander: your builders have perfected your beauty.

The Sidonians were the first builders of the city, as Justin^F17 says; who began and carried on the building of it to the utmost of their knowledge and skill; and which was afterwards perfected by other builders, who made it the most beautiful city in all those parts;

unless this is to be understood of her shipbuilders, who brought the art of building ships in her to such a perfection, as made her famous throughout the world; since they are immediately spoken of without any other antecedent.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F17: Ex Trago, l. 18. c. 3.