Discovery BoxEzekiel 27:17 
Context27:17 Judah and the land of Israel were your clients; they traded wheat from Minnith, 1 millet, honey, olive oil, and balm for your merchandise.
Ezekiel 27:19
Context27:19 and casks of wine 2 from Izal 3 they exchanged for your products. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were among your merchandise.
Ezekiel 27:24-25
Context27:24 They traded with you choice garments, purple clothes and embroidered work, and multicolored carpets, bound and reinforced with cords; these were among your merchandise. 27:25 The ships of Tarshish 4 were the transports for your merchandise.
“‘So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas.
Ezekiel 27:33-34
Context27:33 When your products went out from the seas,
you satisfied many peoples;
with the abundance of your wealth and merchandise
you enriched the kings of the earth.
27:34 Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters;
your merchandise and all your company have sunk 5 along with you. 6
1 sn The location is mentioned in Judg 11:33.
2 tc The MT leaves v. 18 as an incomplete sentence and begins v. 19 with “and Dan and Javan (Ionia) from Uzal.” The LXX mentions “wine.” The translation follows an emendation assuming some confusions of vav and yod. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:82.
3 sn According to L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 2:82), Izal was located between Haran and the Tigris and was famous for its wine.
4 tn Or perhaps “Large merchant ships.” The expression “ships of Tarshish” may describe a class of vessel, that is, large oceangoing merchant ships.
5 tn Heb “fallen.”
6 tn Heb “in the midst of you.”
