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Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.
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A City's Perfected Beauty
Commentators explain this verse paints a picture of Tyre's physical magnificence. As an island city, its 'borders' were literally in the sea, making it a secure fortress. Its 'builders' were renowned for perfecting its beauty, a reference to both its stunning architecture and its world-class shipbuilding, which made it the jewel of the ancient commercial world.
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Ezekiel
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 mil…
Presbyterian
Those who live at ease are to be lamented if they are not prepared for trouble. Let no one consider themselves beautified any further than they are…
