Ezekiel 27:3

27:3 Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance of the sea, merchant to the peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘O Tyre, you have said, “I am perfectly beautiful.”

Ezekiel 47:18

47:18 On the east side, between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, will be the Jordan. You will measure from the border to the eastern sea. This is the east side.

tn Heb “entrances.” The plural noun may reflect the fact that Tyre had two main harbors.

sn Rome, another economic power, is described in a similar way in Rev 17:1.