Bible Strands
Ezekiel 27:4
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord GOD speaks through Ezekiel to Tyre, addressing the city’s self-proclaimed perfection in beauty at the moment of detailing its maritime trade and impending destruction.
The words — כָּלְל֖וּ (ka.Lu) means "they perfected," and יָפְיֵֽ/ךְ (ya.fe.Ye/kh) means "your beauty," directly echoing Tyre’s own claim of flawless construction.
The thread — The maritime imagery and judgment motif run into Ezekiel 26:5, which declares Tyre will become a place to spread nets in the sea, and Ezekiel 27:5, which lists the cypress and cedar used to build its structure.
Why it lands — The text states that human builders perfected a coastal city’s beauty while its borders rested in the sea, demanding acknowledgment that earthly craftsmanship and trade wealth are fragile and subject to divine reversal.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 26:5 She will become a place to spread nets in the sea, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations,