CHAP. XXVII A Deſcription of the glory and accommodations of Tyrus, 12 5.the great and
terrible fall thereof, to the loſs and aſtoniſhment of ether kings and nations. 26—36.
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I HE word of the LORD came again unto me, laying, _ | | 2 Now thou ſon of man, take 4 up a lamentation for Tyrus 6, . | 7 a Pen a mournfu] Narrative at Tyrus's Fall ; .tell the World what ſhe was, and what ſhe is come to. 6 Both City and Citizens too.
3 And fay unto c Tyrus, O thou that art ſituate 4 at the entry e of the ſea, which art. a merchant F of the people for many iſles, Thus faich the Lord GOD, O Tyrus, thou haſt faid g, I am * of + perfet» (4, .g. þ beauty. | 12.
ce Perſonate Tyrus asinear thee, and hearing what thou ſay*ſt unto, + Heb.per- or of her. Deſcribe her,that ſhe may know thou ſpeakeſt to her. 4 That fe# ofbeaus awell:t, ſo Heb, e Entrances Heb. the was but tour Furlongs, or five zy. hundred Paces, or half our Engliſh Mile from the Continent, as'twere in the very door of the Sea ; far enough off ro have convenient Har. bours between her and the Cantinenr, and to be out of danger of ſud. den, or eaſy Surprizes. f A rich and populous Empory, or Mart tor all Commodities, either to vend or buy to I{landers, or thoſe ther dwellon firm Land. g In thy Riches, Strength,Alliances and Trae, thou art grown proud, thou haſt thought and faid too a great deal more than becomes a changeable State. þ Thou haſt boaſted of the Excellency of thy Government, the Strength of thy Cicy, the Inac- ceſſibleneſs of the Situation, Nearneſs, Strength, and Obligations of thy Allies; and asif nothing were wanting to perpetuate thy Glory and Happineſs, poor ſelf-flatrering Tyre. Bur let's view Particulars,
4 Thy borders 2 are in the -- midlt of the ſeas, thy buil- 4 11,4 ders & have perieGed thy beauty. | | . ; Weak Borders, which an Enemy eafily breaks through, area greic Defe&t in a State : Well Tyre, thou art well ſecured here, thine are in the Sea that ſurrounds and ſecureth thee. . þ Thy firſt Founders, whoever they were : Agenor King of Phenice choſe wiſely to build a City in ſafety ; or by Builders may be meantſuch, who in after-times did add to the firſt Foundation : Theſe were Maſters of theic Art, and added this to the natural Strength and Beaury of the Place. Thus thon art perfeCted at home.
5 They 7 have -þ made all thy ſhip-boards of fir- : trees » of Senir 0 : they have taken cedars p from Leba- Ly non f to make maſts for thee. |
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y Shipwrights. #» The Planks and Benches,or Tranſl mes for their Ships. » Of the beſt and fineſt Fir-trees. o Seniy, i. e. Hermon, Deur. 3.9. p For Height, Strength, Durableneſs, and pleaſing Smell, beſide Smoothneſs of Grain, and Fitneſs for curious C arvings, beſt of Trees. 4 Whoſe Cedars excelled others.
6 Of the oaks r of Baſhan have they made thine | or, oars : || the s + company of the Aſhurites have made have
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thy branches of ivory, Grought out of the illes of 'by hatches Chittim. : of ivory well r Of Pines, ſay ſome; of Cheſant-trees, ſay others : but ſince froden.
Oaks, and thoſe of Baſban, are famous in Sacred Dendrology, I know not why we ſhould not keep to our own Verſion, fince the primary Notation of the Heb. leads us toit, s As weread theſe words, there ariſe many Difficulties in the expounding them ; If the Conje&ure of the Learned Bochare be well conſidered, 'twill ſeem very probable , the words would be better rendred thus, 7by Benches they have made of Ivory with Box brought out, &c. For the Hles of Chirtim affor- ded much and large Box-trees ; whereas Ivory, or the Elephant's Tooth, we know, is the Merchandize of other Countries, and the Elephant a Foreigner to all the parts of Europe; nor ate the Teeth of Elephants of that Largeneſs to afford Breadrh for Sears and Benches ; y of Aſburites ; if we enquire for
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Chap. XXVIL. E GE be ls Aion, that here are two Words read divided and by Miſtake tranilated| > 8 asdivided Words, which ought to have been read in one Word, and ſo tranſlated, as 'tisin iſs. 41. 19. whete we tranſlare CO\WINT) box, «*, 92am. then all is plain, and the Senſe this, that from the Iſles and Parts about &is dinviſim the Tncan, Azean, and other Seas of the Mediterrane where this Box- (cribatriy , Tree is a Native, as ia Corſica, Apulia, &c. and of great Growth and it ali# nog. Firtanefs, fir to ſaw into Boards for Benches, they were conveyed to Biull.e, T1rus where their Artiſts inlaid theſe Box: boards with Tvory,and made Jer.46. 20. them beautiful Seats in their Galliesand Ships. |
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C1HL 12 Tarſhiſh 4 was thy merchant, by reafon of the muy. titude of ail kind of riches 3 with ſilver e, icon f, tin 2 and lead þ, they traded in thy fairs. | | a4 The City or Countrey for the Inhabitants, ſome ſay Carthag;. 21:/ans ; others Tarſus in Cilicia; others with more Probability fay it is Tartefſs, an antient Town on the Mouth of the River Betts, or rather over againſt ir, in an Iſland where Gades (now Cadiz) a convenieng Port to export the rich Metals that were brought down Bets from the Country abounding with them,and through which their Bzrs ran; ang the Inhabitants ofthis Tarteſu furniſh'd the Tyriayy with them. + Spair was full of. f Iron they had, Spaniſh Iron is well known; theſe were
genium. was that thou ſpreadeſt forth to be thy fail ; || blue » and DPS) purple from the iſles of z Eliſhah, was that which covered
a thee.