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220 A Comment ar y
Chapter xxviii. n. Eft. iii. 9. From which Word the La-
XXVII. tin Gaza is derived.
lyV^O Ibid. 'Bound with Cords, and made of Cedar.~\
Carefully packed up in Chefts of Cedar to give
thefe Clothes a fine Scent, and preierve them from
Putrefaction.
Ver. 25. Ver. 25. The Ships ofTarfiifi didfing of thee in
thy Market^ Ships ofTarfiifh fignify fbmetimes in
Scripture any Trading or Merchant Ships, See the
Note on Ija.i'u \6. and here I take it in this general
Senfe : The Prophet having already reckon'd
up the principal Countries which Traded with
Tyre, now adds in comprehenfive Terms, that all
Merchant Adventurers fung or fpake great things
of her Riches, or as the Word Sharoth may be render'd,
They ruled or governed in thy Markets.
Ibid. In the midft ofthe Seas'] See Ver. 4.
Ver. 26. Ver. 26. Thy Rowers have brought thee into
great Waters.'] The Prophet compaies the Condition
of Tyre befieged by the Enemy, to a Ship overfet
by the Winds, and juft ready to fink under Water.
See the like Comparifon Ifa. xxxiii. 23. Great
Numbers are fometimes fignified by great Waters :
See Tfal. xviii. 16. cxliv. 7. Jer. li. 42.
Ibid. The Eaft Wind hath broken thee in the
midft of the Seas.~] As the Violence of the Eaft
Wind occafions many Shipwracks in the Sea, See
Tfal. xlviii. 7. fo the Chaldean Army, compared
elfewhere to an Eaft Wind, fhall ruin thy Strength
and Glory, and leave thee like a Wrack eaft upon
Chap. xvii. 10. xix. 12.
the Shore : Compare
Ver. 27. Ver. 27. Shall fall into the midft of the Seas.~]
Shall be as utterly ruined and deftroyed, as if they
were funk in a Shipwrack. See Chap. xxvi. 5, 14,
21.