THEOSISEzekiel 27:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Fine broidered linen from Egypt was woven for thy sail, to be spread on thy mast: blue and purple from the islands of Elisa, were made thy covering.
שֵׁשׁ־בְּרִקְמָ֤ה מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ הָיָ֣ה מִפְרָשֵׂ֔ךְ לִהְי֥וֹת לָ֖ךְ לְנֵ֑ס תְּכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן מֵאִיֵּ֥י אֱלִישָׁ֖ה הָיָ֥ה מְכַסֵּֽךְ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 25:4Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
- Jer 10:9Silver spread into plates is brought from Tharsis, and gold from Ophaz: the work of the artificer, and of the hand of the coppersmith: violet and purple is their clothing: all these things are the work of artificers.
- Isa 19:9They shall be confounded that wrought in flax, combing and weaving fine linen.
- Gen 10:4And the sons of Javan: Elisa and Tharsis, Cetthim and Dodanim.
- 1 Chr 1:7And the sons of Javan: Elisa and Tharsis, Cethim and Dodanim.
- Prov 7:16I have woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted tapestry, brought from Egypt.