Bible Strands
Ezekiel 27:10
Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel addresses the personified ship of Tyre, cataloging its foreign military alliances during a prophetic vision of the city's impending destruction.
The words — The text identifies פָּרַ֨ס (pa.Ras, Persia), וְ/ל֤וּד (ve./Lud, Lud), and וּ/פוּט (u./Fut, Put) as men serving in the army (בְ/חֵילֵ֔/ךְ, ve./chei.Le/kh). It records that they hung מָגֵ֤ן (ma.Gen, shields) and helmets on the walls to add splendor.
The thread — These same groups appear in Ezekiel 30:5 as allies who will fall with Egypt and in Ezekiel 38:5 as nations advancing with shields and helmets. The image of hanging shields on a fortified structure parallels Song of Solomon 4:4.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge that military alliances and external defenses are merely temporary adornments that cannot avert divine judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 30:5 Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
- Ezekiel 38:5 Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,
- Song of Solomon 4:4 Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
- Isaiah 66:19 I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
- Jeremiah 46:9 Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
- Genesis 10:6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- Genesis 10:13 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
- Genesis 10:22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
- 1 Chronicles 1:8 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:11 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,