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Ezekiel 27:24.<strong>The</strong>se were thy merchants in all sorts ofthings, in blue clothes, and broidered work,and in chests of rich apparel, bound withcords, and made of cedar, among thymerchandise.— <strong>The</strong>se self-reliance preachersset forth the robes of a counterfeit faithfulness(blue), fruitless works of self-improvement(broidered work), and organizations (chests)offering an imitation righteousness (richapparel), bound with cords of free-thought loveand a delusive hope, and represented as havingeternal life (cedar).Ezekiel 27:25.<strong>The</strong> ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thymarket: and thou wast replenished, andmade very gloriousFM498in the midst of the seas.— <strong>The</strong> mightyindependent religious sects (ships of Tarshish—Isa. 2:16) did preach of thy philosophies andthou wast richly supported (replenished)(replenished) and made of great reputation(glorious) among the peoples and nations (seas).THE SHIP STEERED TO DESTRUCTIONEzekiel 27:16.Thy rowers have brought thee into greatwaters: the east wind hath broken thee in themidst of the seas.— <strong>The</strong> picture changes back toa gallant ship. Thy strong preachers (rowers)have steered thee into angry seas (anarchy); thedoctrines (winds) from the presence of Christ theSun of Righteousness (east wind) have brokenthy power in the midst of a time of anarchy(seas).27:27.Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise,thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, andthe occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thymen of war, that are in thee, and in all thycompany which is in the midst of thee, shall

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