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Ezekiel 27:19
and casks of wine from Izal for your wares. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were exchanged for your merchandise.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel catalogs the commercial network supplying Tyre, positioning this verse between the trade accounts of Damascus and Dedan. The prophet addresses exiled Israel with a factual inventory of maritime commerce.
The words — נָתָ֑נּוּ (na.Ta.nu) means they exchanged, and קִדָּ֣ה (ki.Dah) identifies the resinous spice cassia. These terms ground the passage in tangible market transactions.
The thread — Cassia appears in Exodus 30:23 as a sacred ingredient and in Psalms 45:8 as a royal fragrance. The geographic marker Dan in Judges 18:29 mirrors the trade-route geography used here.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge Tyre’s wealth as built on specific, geographically sourced commodities. It presents commerce as a neutral record of exchange before any prophetic evaluation begins.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
Cross-references
- Exodus 30:23 “Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
- Judges 18:29 They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
- Psalms 45:8 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
- Song of Solomon 4:13 Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,