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At the sound of the cry of your pilots the suburbs shall shake.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
The suburbs - Or, “precincts.” Tyre rose from the midst of the sea; her “precincts” were the surrounding waters and the adjoining coasts.
19th Century
Anglican
Suburbs— This word means an open place around a building or city. There was no land around Tyre, and it is here used, the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots . ] Or governors, as t…
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