King James Version
Ezekiel 27:26 in the King James Version says “Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. midst: Heb. hea...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. midst: Heb. heart”
Ezekiel 27:26 · KJV
These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. all: or, excellent things clothes: Heb. foldings
The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. midst: Heb. heart
Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers , and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. and in: or, even with all midst of the seas: Heb. heart, etc
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. suburbs: or, waves
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“Thy rowers”
H7751properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e., (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travel
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“wind”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“the east”
H6921the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the east (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
“thee in the midst”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“of the seas”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
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