Bible Strands
Ezekiel 27:21
Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel delivers a prophetic oracle against Tyre, cataloging the city's commercial partners to illustrate its economic reach.
The words — עֲרַב ('a.Rav) identifies the Arabian region, and the phrase סֹחֲרֵי יָדֶךָ (so.cha.Rei ya.De/kh) literally reads "traders of your hand."
The thread — Kedar is listed among the sons of Ishmael in Genesis 25:13 and appears in Isaiah 60:7 regarding the gathering of its flocks. Arabian merchants and regional rulers are also recorded in 1 Kings 10:15.
Why it lands — The verse records the specific livestock commodities supplied by Arabian and Kedarite princes to Tyre, establishing the factual scope of the city's trade network.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 60:7 All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
- Genesis 25:13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- 1 Kings 10:15 not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.
- 1 Chronicles 1:29 These are their genealogies: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- 2 Chronicles 17:11 Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.
- Song of Solomon 1:5 I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
- Isaiah 21:16 For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
- Jeremiah 25:24 all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;
- Acts 2:11 both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
- Galatians 4:25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.