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The Shaking Suburbs
Commentators note the unique geography of Tyre, an island city. The "suburbs" mentioned are not land but the surrounding waters and the adjoining coastlands. The cry of Tyre's leaders ('pilots') upon its fall would be so great that it would metaphorically shake these surrounding areas with terror and commotion.
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Ezekiel
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 27:28
18th Century
Theologian
The suburbs - Or, “precincts.” Tyre rose from the midst of the sea; her “precincts” were the surrounding waters and the adjoining coasts.
Charles Ellicott
On Ezekiel 27:28
19th Century
Bishop
Suburbs— This word means an open place around a building or city. There was no land around Tyre, and it is here used, the…
John Gill
On Ezekiel 27:28
17th Century
Pastor
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of your
pilots .
] Or governors, as t…
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Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 27:26–36
17th Century
Minister
The most mighty and magnificent kingdoms and states, sooner or later, come down. Those who make creatures their confidence, and rest their hopes up…