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Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for your merchandise.
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The Sin of Human Trafficking
Commentators are unanimous that a key part of Tyre's celebrated trade was the horrific practice of human trafficking. Scholars note that Javan (Greece), Tubal, and Meshech (peoples near the Black Sea) were known for supplying slaves. One scholar highlights that the Hebrew for "persons of men" is literally "souls of men," drawing a direct parallel to the evil economic system described in Revelation 18:13.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The thread broken at Ezekiel 27:8 is taken up, and the various nations are enumerated which traded with Tyre.
Ezekiel 27:12. …
19th Century
Anglican
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech.— Javan is strictly Ionia, more generally Greece. Tubal and Meshech are the classic Tibareni an…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Ver. 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they [were] thy merchants. Javan designs Greece, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin v…
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