The dirge of the prince of Tyre, answering to the dirge of the state. The passage is ironical; its main purpose is to depict all the glory, real or…

You seal up the sum.— You mark it as complete or perfect. (Job 9:7.) The word for sum occurs only here and in…

Take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus
Who is before called the prince of Tyre; and who he was (See Gill o…

Ethbaal, or Ithobal, was the prince or king of Tyre; and being lifted up with excessive pride, he claimed divine honours. Pride is peculiarly the s…