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EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

PROPHET - DATE JONAH (825-785BC)? JOEL (800BC)? HOSEA (785-725BC)? MICAH (785-710BC)? AMOS (784BC)? ISAIAH (701-681BC)? NAHUM (700BC)? ZEPHANIAH (630BC)? JEREMIAH (629-588BC)? DANIEL (606-534BC)? HABAKKUK (598BC)? EZEKIEL (597-573BC)? OBADIAH (588-562BC)? EZRA (536-456BC)? HAGGAI (532-512BC)? ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)? ESTHER (485-465BC)? NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)? MALACHI (420-397BC)? KING / EVENT - DATE TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)? ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)? JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)? CYRUS (559-529BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? DARIUS (511-475BC)?

OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN LAMENTATION FOR TYRE V. 1-25 WORLD GRIEVES AT HER DOWNFALL V. 26-36

READ: EZEKIEL 27:1-3 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 2 "Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre, 3 and say to Tyre, 'You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD: "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.'

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO TYRE? WHAT DID TYRE SAY CONCERNING HERSELF? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:1-3 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 2 "Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre, 3 Say to Tyre, 'You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD: "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO TYRE? 'You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands’ WHAT DID TYRE SAY CONCERNING HERSELF? 'I am perfect in beauty'

2 "Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre, QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:2 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 2 "Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre, WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL? “take up a lamentation for Tyre” READ: EZEKIEL 19:1 "take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel“

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO TYRE? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:3 3 Say to Tyre, 'You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD: "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO TYRE? 'You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT EPHRIAM & TYRE? HOSEA 9:13 13 “Just as I saw Ephraim like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place, So Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer." NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO TYRE? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:3 3 Say to Tyre, 'You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD: "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.' WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO TYRE? ‘You are a merchant of the peoples on many coastlands’ WHAT DID TYRE DO TO PROVOKE THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 83:5-8 5 They have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You: 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites; 7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. NKJV

WHAT DID TYRE SAY CONCERNING HERSELF? 'I am perfect in beauty' QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:3 3 Say to Tyre, 'You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD: "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.' WHAT DID TYRE SAY CONCERNING HERSELF? 'I am perfect in beauty' WHY IS THE LORD TAKING COUNSEL AGAINST TYRE? ISAIAH 23:9 9 The LORD of hosts has purposed it, To bring to dishonor the pride of all glory, To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth. NKJV EZEKIEL 16:15 15 You trusted in your own beauty, played the harlot because of your fame, and poured out your harlotry on everyone passing by who would have it. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 27:4-7 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 4 Your borders are in the midst of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty. 5 They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast. 6 Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks With ivory from the coasts of Cyprus. 7 Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail; Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you.

WHERE DID TYRE GET HER MATERIALS? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:4-7 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 4 Your borders are in the midst of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty. 5 They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast. 6 Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks With ivory from the coasts of Cyprus. 7 Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail; Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you. WHAT WAS TYRE NOTED FOR? WHERE DID TYRE GET HER MATERIALS?

WHERE DID TYRE GET THE LUMBER FOR HER SHIPS? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:4-7 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 4 Your borders are in the midst of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty. 5 They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast. 6 Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks With ivory from the coasts of Cyprus. 7 Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail; Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you. WHAT WAS TYRE NOTED FOR? WHERE DID TYRE GET THE LUMBER FOR HER SHIPS? WHAT DID THE ASHURITES DO? WHAT DID EGYPT BRING TO TYRE?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT TYRE? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:4 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 4 Your borders are in the midst of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT TYRE? ‘You are a merchant of the peoples on many coastlands’ ‘Your builders have perfected your beauty/ WHAT WAS TYRE NOTED FOR? HER MERCHANT SHIPS?

WHERE DID TYRE GET THE LUMBER FOR HER SHIPS? SENIR - LEBANON - BASHAN QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:5-6 5 They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast. 6 Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks With ivory from the coasts of Cyprus. WHERE DID TYRE GET THE LUMBER FOR HER SHIPS? SENIR - LEBANON - BASHAN WHERE WAS SINAR? MOUNT HERMON? WHAT DID THE AMORITES CALL MOUNT HERMON? READ: DEUTERONOMY 3:8-9 9 (the Sidonians call Hermon, Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir) NKJV

WHERE DID TYRE GET THE LUMBER FOR HER SHIPS? SENIR - LEBANON - BASHAN QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:5-6 5 They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast. 6 Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks With ivory from the coasts of Cyprus. WHERE DID TYRE GET THE LUMBER FOR HER SHIPS? SENIR - LEBANON - BASHAN WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CEDARS OF LEBANON AND THE OAKS OF BASHAN? READ: ISAIAH 2:12-13 12 The day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up — And it shall be brought low — 13 Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan; NKJV

6 Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:5-6 5 They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast. 6 Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; WHERE DID TYRE GET THE LUMBER FOR HER SHIPS? SENIR - LEBANON - BASHAN WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CEDARS OF LEBANON AND THE OAKS OF BASHAN? READ: ZECHARIAH 11:1-2 1 Open your doors, O Lebanon, That fire may devour your cedars. 2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, Because the mighty trees are ruined. Wail, O oaks of Bashan, For the thick forest has come down. NKJV

DESCENDENTS OF ABRAHAM? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:6 6 The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks With ivory from the coasts of Cyprus. WHO WERE THE ASHURITES? DESCENDENTS OF ABRAHAM? READ: GENESIS 25:1-3 1 Abraham again took a wife, her name was Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:6 6 The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks With ivory from the coasts of Cyprus. WHO WERE THE ASHURITES? DESCENDENTS OF ASHER? READ: JUDGES 1:31-32 31 Nor did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Acco or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob. 32 So the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE ASHURITES? WHAT DID ABNER DO FOR ISHBOSHETH? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:6 6 The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks With ivory from the coasts of Cyprus. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE ASHURITES? WHAT DID ABNER DO FOR ISHBOSHETH? READ: 2 SAMUEL 2:9 9 He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel. NKJV

WHAT DID THE ASHURITES DO? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:6 6 The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks With ivory from the coasts of Cyprus. WHAT DID THE ASHURITES DO? ‘inlaid your planks with ivory from the coasts of Cyprus’ WHERE DID THE GET THEIR IVORY? CYPRUS = CHITTIM? OR KITTIM? WHO WAS KITTIM? GRANDSON OF JAPHETH? READ: GENESIS 10:2-4 2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. NKJV

WHAT DID EGYPT BRING TO TYRE? ‘Fine embroidered linen for your sail’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:7 7 Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail; Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you. WHAT DID EGYPT BRING TO TYRE? ‘Fine embroidered linen for your sail’ WHAT DID THEY BRING FROM ELISHAH Blue and purple fabric? WHO WAS ELISHAH? GRANDSON OF JAPHETH? READ: GENESIS 10:2-4 2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. NKJV

WHAT DID THEY BRING FROM ELISHAH ‘Blue and purple fabric’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:7 7 Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail; Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you. WHAT DID THEY BRING FROM ELISHAH ‘Blue and purple fabric’ WHAT WERE THE EGYPTIANS NOTED FOR? ‘fine flax & fine fabric’ READ: ISAIAH 19:9 9 Those who work in fine flax And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed NKJV

WHAT DID THEY BRING FROM ELISHAH ‘Blue and purple fabric’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:7 WHAT DID THEY BRING FROM ELISHAH ‘Blue and purple fabric’ WHAT SHOULD ISRAEL OFFER TO THE LORD? READ: EXODUS 25:4; 8 4 blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats' hair; 8 Let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. NKJV WHAT WAS IT TO BE USED FOR? READ: EXODUS 26:36 36 "You shall make a screen for the door of the tabernacle, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 27:8-9 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 8 "Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; They became your pilots. 9 Elders of Gebal and its wise men Were in you to caulk your seams; All the ships of the sea And their oarsmen were in you To market your merchandise.

Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad WHO WERE HER PILOTS? ‘wise men of Tyre’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:8-9 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 8 "Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; They became your pilots. 9 Elders of Gebal and its wise men Were in you to caulk your seams; All the ships of the sea And their oarsmen were in you To market your merchandise. WHO WERE HER OARSMEN? Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad WHO WERE HER PILOTS? ‘wise men of Tyre’ WHO CAULKED THE SEAMS OF HER SHIPS? ‘Elders of Gebal and its wise men’

Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:8 8 "Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; They became your pilots. WHO WERE HER OARSMEN? Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad WHO WERE SIDON & ARVAD? DESCENDENTS OF HAM? READ: GENESIS 10:6 6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan READ: GENESIS 10:15-19 15 Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth; 16 the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite; 17 the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite; 18 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad WHERE DID SOLOMON GET HIS SEAMEN? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:8 8 "Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; They became your pilots. WHO WERE HER OARSMEN? Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad WHERE DID SOLOMON GET HIS SEAMEN? READ: 1 KINGS 9:26-27 26 King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27 Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, seamen who knew the sea, to work with the servants of Solomon.

WHO CAULKED THE SEAMS OF HER SHIPS? ‘Elders of Gebal and its wise men’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:9 9 Elders of Gebal and its wise men Were in you to caulk your seams; All the ships of the sea And their oarsmen were in you To market your merchandise. WHO CAULKED THE SEAMS OF HER SHIPS? ‘Elders of Gebal and its wise men’ WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT GEBALITES? READ: JOHSUA 13:1 & 5 1 Joshua was old, advanced in years. And the LORD said to him: "You are old, advanced in years, and there remains very much land yet to be possessed. 5 the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath; NKJV

WHO CAULKED THE SEAMS OF HER SHIPS? ‘Elders of Gebal and its wise men’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:9 9 Elders of Gebal and its wise men Were in you to caulk your seams; All the ships of the sea And their oarsmen were in you To market your merchandise. WHO CAULKED THE SEAMS OF HER SHIPS? ‘Elders of Gebal and its wise men’ WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE GEBALITES? READ: 1 KINGS 5:17-18 17 The king commanded them to quarry large stones, costly stones, and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the temple. 18 So Solomon's builders, Hiram's builders, and the Gebalites quarried them; and they prepared timber and stones to build the temple. NKJV

WHO CAULKED THE SEAMS OF HER SHIPS? ‘Elders of Gebal and its wise men’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:9 9 Elders of Gebal and its wise men Were in you to caulk your seams; All the ships of the sea And their oarsmen were in you To market your merchandise. WHO CAULKED THE SEAMS OF HER SHIPS? ‘Elders of Gebal and its wise men’ WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE GEBALITES? READ: PSALMS 83:5-8 5 They have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You: 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites; 7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 27:10-11 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 10 "Those from Persia, Lydia, and Libya Were in your army as men of war; They hung shield and helmet in you; They gave splendor to you. 11 Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, And the men of Gammad were in your towers; They hung their shields on your walls all around; They made your beauty perfect.

Persia, Lydia, Libya, Arvad and Gammad WHAT WERE THEY KNOWN FOR? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:10-11 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 10 "Those from Persia, Lydia, and Libya Were in your army as men of war; They hung shield and helmet in you; They gave splendor to you. 11 Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, And the men of Gammad were in your towers; They hung their shields on your walls all around; They made your beauty perfect. WHO WERE HER MEN OF WAR? Persia, Lydia, Libya, Arvad and Gammad WHAT WERE THEY KNOWN FOR? They gave splendor to you and made your beauty perfect

‘Those from Persia, Lydia, and Libya’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:10 WHO WERE THESE PEOPLE? ‘Those from Persia, Lydia, and Libya’ ‘Those from Elam, Lud, and Phut‘? PERSIANS (ELAM) - LYDIANS (LUD) WERE DESCENDENTS OF SHEM? READ: GENESIS 10:22 22 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. NKJV LYBYANS (PHUT - PUT) WERE DESCENDENTS OF HAM? GENESIS 10:6 6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. NKJV

‘Those from Persia, Lydia, and Libya’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:10 10 "Those from Persia, Lydia, and Libya Were in your army as men of war; They hung shield and helmet in you; They gave splendor to you. ‘Those from Persia, Lydia, and Libya’ ‘Those from Elam, Lud, and Phut‘? WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY ABOUT ELAM? PERSIA? READ: ISAIAH 22:6 6 Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen, And Kir uncovered the shield. NKJV

‘Those from Persia, Lydia, and Libya’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:10 10 "Those from Persia, Lydia, and Libya Were in your army as men of war; They hung shield and helmet in you; They gave splendor to you. ‘Those from Persia, Lydia, and Libya’ ‘Those from Elam, Lud, and Phut‘? WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY ABOUT LYDIA & LIBYA? READ: JEREMIAH 46:9 9 Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots! And let the mighty men come forth: The Ethiopians and the Libyans who handle the shield, And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow. NKJV

WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO? HOW LONG WOULD ISRAEL REMAIN IN BABYLON? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:10 WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO? HOW LONG WOULD ISRAEL REMAIN IN BABYLON? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:20-21 20 And those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, where they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate she kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years. NKJV

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO BABYLON? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:10 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO BABYLON? READ: JEREMIAH 25:12 12 'Then it will come to pass, when seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity,' says the LORD;'and I will make it a perpetual desolation. NKJV

WHAT WAS DANIEL’S VISION ABOUT? WHAT DID GABRIEL SAY TO DANIEL? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:10 WHAT WAS DANIEL’S VISION ABOUT? Medes and Persians? WHAT DID GABRIEL SAY TO DANIEL? READ: DANIEL 8:19-20 19 He said, "Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation; for at the appointed time the end shall be. 20 The ram which you saw, having the two horns — they are the kings of Media and Persia. NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER SEVENTY YEARS? WHO WAS CYRUS? WHAT DID HE DO? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:10 WHAT HAPPENED AFTER SEVENTY YEARS? WHO WAS CYRUS? WHAT DID HE DO? READ: EZRA 1:1-3 1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, 2 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. 3 Who is among you of all His people? May his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel (He is God), which is in Jerusalem. (2 Chronicles 36:22,23)

WHO WERE THE MEN OF ARVAD? ARVAD - DESCENDENTS OF HAM? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:11 11 Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, And the men of Gammad were in your towers; They hung their shields on your walls all around; They made your beauty perfect. WHO WERE THE MEN OF ARVAD? ARVAD - DESCENDENTS OF HAM? READ: GENESIS 10:6-18 6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 15 Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth; 16 the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite; 17 the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite; 18 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. (1 CHRONICLES 1:8-16)

WHERE WERE THE MEN OF ARVAD? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:11 11 Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, And the men of Gammad were in your towers; They hung their shields on your walls all around; They made your beauty perfect. WHERE WERE THE MEN OF ARVAD? ‘with your army were on your walls all around‘ WHO WERE THE MEN OF GAMMOND? Gammad – Gammadims? WHERE WERE THE MEN OF GAMMOD? ‘were in your towers’ WHAT DID THE MEN OF ARVAD & GAMMAD DO? ‘They hung their shields on your walls all around’

READ: EZEKIEL 27:12-14 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 12 "Tarshish was your merchant because of your many luxury goods. They gave you silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods. 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They bartered human lives and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 14 Those from the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses, steeds, and mules.

WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF TARSHISH TRADE? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:12-14 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 12 "Tarshish was your merchant because of your many luxury goods. They gave you silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods. 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They bartered human lives and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 14 Those from the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses, steeds, and mules. WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF TARSHISH TRADE? WHAT DID JAVAN, TUBAL & MESHECH BARTER? WHAT DID TOGARMAH TRADE?

WHO WAS TARSHISH? DESCENDENTS OF JAPHETH? READ: GENESIS 10:1-4 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:12 12 "Tarshish was your merchant because of your many luxury goods. They gave you silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods. WHO WAS TARSHISH? DESCENDENTS OF JAPHETH? READ: GENESIS 10:1-4 1 This is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. NKJV WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF TARSHISH TRADE? ‘silver, iron, tin and lead’

WHO WERE JAVAN, TUBAL & MESHECH? DESCENDENTS OF JAPHETH? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:13 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They bartered human lives and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. WHO WERE JAVAN, TUBAL & MESHECH? DESCENDENTS OF JAPHETH? READ: GENESIS 10:1-4 1 This is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. NKJV WHAT DID JAVAN, TUBAL & MESHECH BARTER? ‘They bartered human lives’

WHAT DID JAVAN, TUBAL & MESHECH BARTER? ‘They bartered human lives’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:13 WHAT DID JAVAN, TUBAL & MESHECH BARTER? ‘They bartered human lives’ WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 66:19 19 I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. NKJV READ: JOEL 3:6 6 The people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem You have sold to the Greeks, That you may remove them far from their borders. NKJV

WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF TOGARMAH? DESCENDENTS OF NOAH? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:14 14 Those from the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses, steeds, and mules. WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF TOGARMAH? DESCENDENTS OF NOAH? READ: GENESIS 10:1-4 1 This is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons born to them after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. NKJV WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF TOGARMAH TRADE? ‘horses, steeds and mules’

READ: EZEKIEL 27:15-17 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 15 The men of Dedan were your traders; many isles were the market of your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment. 16 Syria was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. They gave you for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies. 17 Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and balm.

WHAT DID THE MERCHANTS OF DEDAN TRADE? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:15-17 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 15 The men of Dedan were your traders; many isles were the market of your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment. 16 Syria was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. They gave you for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies. 17 Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and balm. WHAT DID THE MERCHANTS OF DEDAN TRADE? WHAT DID THE MERCHANTS OF SYRIA TRADE? WHAT DID JUDAH AND ISRAEL TRADE?

WHO WERE THE MEN OF DEDAN? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:15 15 The men of Dedan were your traders; many isles were the market of your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment. WHO WERE THE MEN OF DEDAN? DESCENDENTS OF NOAH? READ: GENESIS 1:1-10:7 1 This is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons born to them after the flood. 6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. (1 CHRONICLES 1:8-9)

WHO WERE THE MEN OF DEDAN? DESCENDENTS OF ABRAHAM & KETURAH QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:15 15 The men of Dedan were your traders; many isles were the market of your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment. WHO WERE THE MEN OF DEDAN? DESCENDENTS OF ABRAHAM & KETURAH READ: GENESIS 25:1-4 1 Abraham again took a wife, her name was Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. (1 CHRONICLES 1:32-33)

WHAT DID THE MERCHANTS OF DEDAN TRADE? ‘ivory tusks and ebony’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:15 15 The men of Dedan were your traders; many isles were the market of your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment. WHAT DID THE MERCHANTS OF DEDAN TRADE? ‘ivory tusks and ebony’ WHAT DID THE MERCHANTS BRING SOLOMON? READ: 1 KINGS 10:22 22 The king had merchant ships at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the merchant ships came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.

Syria was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. REVIEW: EZEKIEL 27:16 Syria was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. They gave you for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies. WHO WAS NAHOR, BETHUEL? GENESIS 22:20-23 20 Milcah has borne children to your brother Nahor: 21 Huz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begot Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

WHAT WERE BETHUEL AND LABAN? SYRIANS? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:16 16 Syria was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. They gave you for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies. WHAT WERE BETHUEL AND LABAN? SYRIANS? READ: GENESIS 25:19-20 19 This is the genealogy of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham begot Isaac. 20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian. NKJV READ: GENESIS 28:5 5 Isaac sent Jacob away and he went to Padan Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. NKJV

WHAT DID JUDAH AND ISRAEL TRADE? ‘wheat, millet, honey, oil and balm’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:17 17 Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and balm. WHAT DID JUDAH AND ISRAEL TRADE? ‘wheat, millet, honey, oil and balm’ WHAT GODS DID ISRAEL SERVE? READ: JUDGES 10:6 6 The children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him. NKJV

WHAT KINGDOMS WILL THE LORD JUDGE? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:17 WHAT KINGDOMS WILL THE LORD JUDGE? READ: JEREMIAH 25:18-26 18 Jerusalem and the cities of Judah; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt; 20 All the kings of the Philistines; 21 Edom, Moab and Ammon; 22 All the kings of Tyre and Sidon; 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz; 24 All the kings of Arabia; 25 All the kings of Zimri, Elam and Medes; 26 All the kingdoms on the face of the earth.

WHAT DID JOHN SAY ABOUT THESE MERCHANTS? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:17 WHAT DID JOHN SAY ABOUT THESE MERCHANTS? READ: REVELATION 18:11-13 11 The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: 12 Merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; 13 And cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle, sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men

READ: EZEKIEL 27:18-21 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 18 Damascus was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made, because of your many luxury items, with the wine of Helbon and with white wool. 19 Dan and Javan paid for your wares, traversing back and forth. Wrought iron, cassia, and cane were among your merchandise. 20 Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding. 21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your regular merchants. They traded with you in lambs, rams, and goats.

20 Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:18-21 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 18 Damascus was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made, because of your many luxury items, with the wine of Helbon and with white wool. 19 Dan and Javan paid for your wares, traversing back and forth. Wrought iron, cassia, and cane were among your merchandise. 20 Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding. 21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your regular merchants. They traded with you in lambs, rams, and goats. WHAT DID DAMASCUS BRING IN TRADE? WHAT DID DAN & JAVAN BRING IN TRADE? WHAT DID DEDAN BRING IN TRADE? WHAT DID ARABIA & KEDAR BRING IN TRADE?

WHAT DID DAMASCUS BRING IN TRADE? ‘wine of Helbon and with white wool’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:18 18 Damascus was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made, because of your many luxury items, with the wine of Helbon and with white wool. WHAT DID DAMASCUS BRING IN TRADE? ‘wine of Helbon and with white wool’ HELBON - Halbun or Khalbun A village near Damascus, noted for fine wines about 18 miles north of Damascus.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT DAMASCUS? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:18 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT DAMASCUS? DAMASCUS - The oldest city in the East - capital of Syria READ: ISAIAH 7:8 The head of Syria is Damascus Josephus - Damascus was founded by Uz, son of Aram. READ: GENESIS 6:10 10 Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. READ: GENESIS 10:22-23 22 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ABRAM & SARAI? READ: GENESIS 11:29-31 QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:18 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ABRAM & SARAI? READ: GENESIS 11:29-31 29 Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. NKJV WHAT DID ABRAHAM SAY TO THE LORD? READ: GENESIS 15:2 2 LORD what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? NKJV ELIEZER - CHIEF SERVANT OF ABRAHAM

WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF DAN? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:19 19 Dan and Javan paid for your wares, traversing back and forth. Wrought iron, cassia and cane were among your merchandise. WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF DAN? Dan of S. Arabia - who traded with the Phoenicians Dan - the fifth son of Jacob Dan - translated as Vedan, the modern Aden WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF JAVAN? DESCENDENTS OF JAPHETH? READ: GENESIS 10:1-2 1 This is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons born to them after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

20 Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:20 20 Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding. WHO WERE THE MERCHANTS OF DEDAN? DESCENDENTS OF HAM? READ: GENESIS 10:1-7 1 This is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons born to them after the flood. 6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. NKJV WHAT DID DEDAN BRING IN TRADE? ‘saddlecloths for riding’

WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF ARABIA & KEDAR? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:21 21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your regular merchants. They traded with you in lambs, rams, and goats. WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF ARABIA & KEDAR? WHAT DID ARABIA & KEDAR BRING IN TRADE? ‘lambs, rams and goats’

ARABIA - peninsula east of Egypt, QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:21 21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your regular merchants. They traded with you in lambs, rams, and goats. ARABIA - peninsula east of Egypt, between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF ARABIA? The people of Arabia included the children of Joktan, Cush, the sons of Abraham and Keturah and Esau. WHERE DID ABRAHAM SEND THEM? WHY? READ: GENESIS 25:6 6 Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east. NKJV

WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF KEDAR? DESCENDENTS OF ISHMAEL? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:21 21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your regular merchants. They traded with you in lambs, rams, and goats. WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF KEDAR? DESCENDENTS OF ISHMAEL? READ: GENESIS 25:13-15 13 These were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. NKJV WHAT DID ARABIA & KEDAR BRING IN TRADE? ‘lambs, rams and goats’

WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF KEDAR? DESCENDENTS OF ISHMAEL? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:21 21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your regular merchants. They traded with you in lambs, rams, and goats. WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF KEDAR? DESCENDENTS OF ISHMAEL? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE OF KEDAR? READ: ISAIAH 21:16-17 16 Thus the LORD has said to me: "Within a year, according to the year of a hired man, all the glory of Kedar will fail; 17 And the remainder of the number of archers, the mighty men of the people of Kedar, will be diminished; for the LORD God of Israel has spoken it." NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 27:22-24 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold. 23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. 24 These were your merchants in choice items — in purple clothes, in embroidered garments, in chests of multicolored apparel, in sturdy woven cords, which were in your marketplace.

WHAT DID SHEBA AND RAAMAH BRING IN TRADE? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:22-24 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold. 23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. 24 These were your merchants in choice items — in purple clothes, in embroidered garments, in chests of multicolored apparel, in sturdy woven cords, which were in your marketplace. WHAT DID SHEBA AND RAAMAH BRING IN TRADE? Spices, precious stones and gold WHO WERE THESE MERCHANTS? HARAN, CANNEH, EDEN, SHEBA, ASSYRIA & CHILMAD WHAT DID THEY BRING IN TRADE? purple clothes, embroidered garments multicolored apparel and sturdy woven cords

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:22 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold. WHO WAS RAAMAH? RAAMA? GRANDSON OF OF HAM? READ: GENESIS 10:6-7 6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. NKJV RAAMAH - RAAMA? READ: 1 CHRONICLES 1:9 9 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabtecha. The sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan. NKJV

GREAT-GRANDSON OF OF HAM? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:22 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold. WHO WAS SHEBA? GREAT-GRANDSON OF OF HAM? READ: GENESIS 10:6-7 6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. NKJV

GRANDSON OF ABRAHAM & KETURAH? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:22 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold. WHO WAS SHEBA? GRANDSON OF ABRAHAM & KETURAH? READ: GENESIS 25:1-3 1 Abraham again took a wife; her name was Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. NKJV

WHAT DID SHEBA AND RAAMAH BRING IN TRADE? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:22 WHAT DID SHEBA AND RAAMAH BRING IN TRADE? ‘spices, precious stones and gold’ WHAT DID THE QUEEN OF SHEBA BRING SOLOMON? READ: 1 KINGS 10:1-3 & 10 1 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions. 2 She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels that bore spices, very much gold, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart. 10 She gave the king 120 talents of gold, spices in great quantity, and precious stones. There never again came such abundance of spices as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. NKJV

WHAT DID SHEBA AND RAAMAH BRING IN TRADE? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:22 WHAT DID SHEBA AND RAAMAH BRING IN TRADE? ‘spices, precious stones and gold’ WHAT DID THE KINGS OF ARABIA BRING SOLOMON? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 9:13-14 13 The weight of gold that came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold, 14 Besides what the traveling merchants and traders brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. NKJV

WHAT DID SHEBA AND RAAMAH BRING IN TRADE? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:22 WHAT DID SHEBA AND RAAMAH BRING IN TRADE? ‘spices, precious stones and gold’ WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY ABOUT SHEBA? READ: PSALMS 72:10-11 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles Will bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts. 11 Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him; All nations shall serve Him. NKJV READ: PSALMS 72:15 15 He shall live; And the gold of Sheba will be given to Him; Prayer also will be made for Him continually, And daily He shall be praised. NKJV

WHAT DID SHEBA AND RAAMAH BRING IN TRADE? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:22 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold. WHAT DID SHEBA AND RAAMAH BRING IN TRADE? ‘spices, precious stones and gold’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT SHEBA? READ: ISAIAH 60:6 6 The multitude of camels shall cover your land, The dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; All those from Sheba shall come; They shall bring gold and incense, And they shall proclaim the praises of the LORD. NKJV

WHO WERE THE PRINCIPLE MERCHANTS OF TYRE? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:23-24 23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. 24 These were your merchants in choice items — in purple clothes, in embroidered garments, in chests of multicolored apparel, in sturdy woven cords, which were in your marketplace. WHO WERE THE PRINCIPLE MERCHANTS OF TYRE? HARAN, CANNEH, EDEN, SHEBA, ASSYRIA & CHILMAD WHAT DID THESE MERCHANTS BRING TO TYRE? ‘purple clothes, embroidered garments, chests of multicolored apparel & sturdy woven cords’

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HARAN? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:23 23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HARAN? READ: GENESIS 11:27-28 & 31 27 This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot. 28 Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 31 Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. NKJV

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT CANNEH? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:23 23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT CANNEH? CANNEH? - CALNEH? - CALNO? READ: GENESIS 10:8-10 8 Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.“ 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. NKJV

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT CANNEH? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ZION? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:23 23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT CANNEH? CANNEH? - CALNEH? - CALNO? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ZION? READ: AMOS 6:1-2 1 Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, And trust in Mount Samaria, Notable persons in the chief nation, To whom the house of Israel comes! 2 Go over to Calneh and see; And from there go to Hamath the great; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory? NKJV

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT CANNEH? WHAT HAPPENED TO CANNEH? CALNO? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:23 23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT CANNEH? CANNEH? - CALNEH? - CALNO? WHAT HAPPENED TO CANNEH? CALNO? READ: ISAIAH 10:9-11 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? 10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria, 11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols? NKJV

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT EDEN? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:23 23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT EDEN? READ: GENESIS 2:8 8 The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. NKJV READ: GENESIS 2:10-14 10 A river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates. NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE NATIONS? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:23 23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE NATIONS? READ: 2 KINGS 19:11-12 11 You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? (ISAIAH 37:11-12)

READ: EZEKIEL 27:25-26 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 25 "The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas. 26 Your oarsmen brought you into many waters, But the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas.

WHAT SHIPS CARRIED TYRE’S MERCHANDISE? The ships of Tarshish QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:25-26 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 25 "The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas. 26 Your oarsmen brought you into many waters, But the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas. WHAT SHIPS CARRIED TYRE’S MERCHANDISE? The ships of Tarshish WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR SHIPS? ‘the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas’

WHO WERE THE MERCHANTS OF TARSHISH? THE DESCENDENTS OF JAPHETH? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:25 25 "The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas. WHO WERE THE MERCHANTS OF TARSHISH? THE DESCENDENTS OF JAPHETH? READ: GENESIS 10:1-5 1 This is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and sons born to them after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. NKJV

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? WHERE DID SOLOMON’S SHIPS GO? WHY? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:25 25 "The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? WHERE DID SOLOMON’S SHIPS GO? WHY? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 9:21 21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram. Once every three years the merchant ships came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys. NKJV

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:25 25 "The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? WHO WERE THE SEVEN PRINCES OF AHASUERUS? READ: ESTHER 1:14 14 Those closest to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who had access to the king's presence, and who ranked highest in the kingdom NKJV

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? WHERE DID JONAH TRY TO GO? WHY? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:25 25 "The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? WHERE DID JONAH TRY TO GO? WHY? READ: JONAH 1:3 3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. NKJV

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT IDOLS? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:25 25 "The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT IDOLS? READ: JEREMIAH 10:8-9 8 They are altogether dull-hearted and foolish; A wooden idol is a worthless doctrine. 9 Silver is beaten into plates; It is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the metal-smith; Blue and purple are their clothing; They are all the work of skillful men. NKJV

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHEN? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:25 25 "The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHEN? READ: ISAIAH 2:12-16 12 The day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up — And it shall be brought low — 13 Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan; 16 Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops. NKJV

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? WHY WILL THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH WAIL? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:25 25 "The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? WHY WILL THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH WAIL? READ: ISAIAH 23:1 1 Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, So that there is no house, no harbor; From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them. NKJV WHO WILL CROSS OVER TO TARSHISH? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 23:6 6 Cross over to Tarshish; Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland! NKJV

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:25 25 "The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH? READ: ISAIAH 60:9 9 Surely the coastlands shall wait for Me; And the ships of Tarshish will come first, To bring your sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, To the name of the LORD your God, And to the Holy One of Israel, Because He has glorified you. NKJV

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:25 25 "The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TARSHISH? WHERE WILL THE LORD SEND HIS PEOPLE? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 66:19 19 I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR SHIPS? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:26 26 Your oarsmen brought you into many waters, But the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR SHIPS? ‘the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas’ READ: PSALMS 48:7 7 You break the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. READ: JEREMIAH 18:17 17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back and not the face In the day of their calamity. NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR SHIPS? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:26 26 Your oarsmen brought you into many waters, But the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR SHIPS? ‘the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas’ WHAT HAPPENED TO JEHOSHAPHAT’S SHIPS? WHY? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 20:35-37 35 Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted very wickedly. 36 He allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion Geber. 37 But Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works." Then the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 27:27-28 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 27 "Your riches, wares, and merchandise, Your mariners and pilots, Your caulkers and merchandisers, All your men of war who are in you, And the entire company which is in your midst, Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin. 28 The common-land will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.

28 The common-land will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:27-28 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 27 "Your riches, wares, and merchandise, Your mariners and pilots, Your caulkers and merchandisers, All your men of war who are in you, And the entire company which is in your midst, Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin. 28 The common-land will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TYRE? ‘Will fall into the midst of the seas’ HOW WILL THE WORLD RESPOND? ‘will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots’

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TYRE? ‘Will fall into the midst of the seas’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:27 27 "Your riches, wares, and merchandise, Your mariners and pilots, Your caulkers and merchandisers, All your men of war who are in you, And the entire company which is in your midst, Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TYRE? ‘Will fall into the midst of the seas’ WHY? READ: PROVERBS 11:4 4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death. NKJV

28 The common-land will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:28 28 The common-land will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots. HOW WILL THE WORLD RESPOND? ‘will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots’ READ: JEREMIAH 49:21 21 The earth shakes at the noise of their fall; At the cry its noise is heard at the Red Sea. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 27:29-32 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 29 "All who handle the oar, The mariners, All the pilots of the sea Will come down from their ships and stand on the shore. 30 They will make their voice heard because of you; They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; They will roll about in ashes; 31 They will shave themselves completely bald because of you, Gird themselves with sackcloth, And weep for you With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. 32 In their wailing for you They will take up a lamentation, And lament for you: 'What city is like Tyre, Destroyed in the midst of the sea?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:29-32 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 29 "All who handle the oar, The mariners, All the pilots of the sea Will come down from their ships and stand on the shore. 30 They will make their voice heard because of you; They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; They will roll about in ashes; 31 They will shave themselves completely bald because of you, Gird themselves with sackcloth, And weep for you With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. 32 In their wailing for you They will take up a lamentation, And lament for you: 'What city is like Tyre, Destroyed in the midst of the sea? WHAT WILL THE SEAMEN DO? WHAT WILL THEY SAY?

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN BABYLON WAS DESTROYED? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:29 29 "All who handle the oar, The mariners, All the pilots of the sea Will come down from their ships and stand on the shore. WHAT WILL THE SEAMEN DO? WHAT HAPPENED WHEN BABYLON WAS DESTROYED? READ: REVELATION 18:17-18 17 For in one hour such great riches came to nothing. Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance 18 and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What is like this great city?' NKJV

They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:30 30 They will make their voice heard because of you; They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; They will roll about in ashes; WHAT WILL THE SEAMEN DO? They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; They will roll about in ashes WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JERUSALEM? READ: JEREMIAH 6:26 26 O daughter of my people, Dress in sackcloth And roll about in ashes! Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us. NKJV

They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:30 30 They will make their voice heard because of you; They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; They will roll about in ashes; WHAT WILL THE SEAMEN DO? They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; They will roll about in ashes WHAT HAPPENED WHEN BABYLON WAS DESTROYED? READ: REVELATION 18:19 19 They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.'

They will shave themselves completely bald QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:31 31 They will shave themselves completely bald because of you, Gird themselves with sackcloth, And weep for you With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. WHAT WILL THE SEAMEN DO? They will shave themselves completely bald Gird themselves with sackcloth weep for you With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing WHAT DID MORDECAI DO? WHY? READ: ESTHER 4:1 1 When Mordecai learned all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He cried out with a loud and bitter cry. NKJV

They will shave themselves completely bald QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:31 WHAT WILL THE SEAMEN DO? They will shave themselves completely bald Gird themselves with sackcloth weep for you With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing WHAT DID JOB DO? WHY? READ: JOB 1:20-22 20 Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD." 22 In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong. NKJV

They will shave themselves completely bald QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:31 WHAT WILL THE SEAMEN DO? They will shave themselves completely bald Gird themselves with sackcloth weep for you With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR? HOW DID THEY RESPOND? READ: ISAIAH 22:12-13 12 In that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth. 13 But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!" NKJV

They will shave themselves completely bald QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:31 WHAT WILL THE SEAMEN DO? They will shave themselves completely bald Gird themselves with sackcloth weep for you With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 6:26 26 O daughter of my people, Dress in sackcloth And roll about in ashes! Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 48:37 37 Every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped; On all the hands shall be cuts, and on the loins sackcloth

They will shave themselves completely bald QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:31 WHAT WILL THE SEAMEN DO? They will shave themselves completely bald Gird themselves with sackcloth weep for you With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF ZION DO? WHY? READ: LAMENTATIONS 2:10 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground and keep silence; They throw dust on their heads And gird themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Bow their heads to the ground. NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 7:18 18 They will be girded with sackcloth; Horror will cover them; Shame will be on every face, Baldness on all their heads. NKJV

They will shave themselves completely bald QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:31 WHAT WILL THE SEAMEN DO? They will shave themselves completely bald Gird themselves with sackcloth weep for you With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing WHAT WILL THE MERCHANTS DO? WHY? READ: REVELATION 18:15-16 15 The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 and saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! NKJV

Destroyed in the midst of the sea? WHAT WILL THE SEAMEN DO? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:32 32 In their wailing for you They will take up a lamentation, And lament for you: 'What city is like Tyre, Destroyed in the midst of the sea? WHAT WILL THE SEAMEN DO? They will take up a lamentation WHAT WILL THEY SAY? 'What city is like Tyre, destroyed in the midst of the sea?’ WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL? READ: EZEKIEL 19:1 ‘take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel’

'What city is like Tyre, destroyed in the midst of the sea?’ QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:32 32 In their wailing for you They will take up a lamentation, And lament for you: 'What city is like Tyre, Destroyed in the midst of the sea? WHAT WILL THEY SAY? 'What city is like Tyre, destroyed in the midst of the sea?’ WHO IS WAILING? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 23:1-6 1 Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, So that there is no house, no harbor; From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them. 5 When the report reaches Egypt, They also will be in agony at the report of Tyre. 6 Cross over to Tarshish; Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland! NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 27:33-36 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 33 'When your wares went out by sea, You satisfied many people; You enriched the kings of the earth With your many luxury goods and your merchandise. 34 But you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters; Your merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst. 35 All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you; Their kings will be greatly afraid, And their countenance will be troubled. 36 The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever.'"'" NKJV

HOW DID THE WORLD PROSPER FROM TYRE? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:33-36 LAMENTATION FOR TYRE 33 'When your wares went out by sea, You satisfied many people; You enriched the kings of the earth With your many luxury goods and your merchandise. 34 But you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters; Your merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst. 35 All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you; Their kings will be greatly afraid, And their countenance will be troubled. 36 The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever.'"'" NKJV HOW DID THE WORLD PROSPER FROM TYRE? WHY WERE THE KINGS OF THE WORLD AFRAID?

HOW DID THE WORLD PROSPER FROM TYRE? You satisfied many people. QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:33 33 'When your wares went out by sea, You satisfied many people; You enriched the kings of the earth With your many luxury goods and your merchandise. HOW DID THE WORLD PROSPER FROM TYRE? You satisfied many people. You enriched the kings of the earth With your many luxury goods and your merchandise.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TYRE? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:34 34 But you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters; Your merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst. HOW DID TYRE PROSPER? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TYRE? READ: ZECHARIAH 9:3-4 3 Tyre built herself a tower, Heaped up silver like the dust, And gold like the mire of the streets. 4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out; He will destroy her power in the sea, And she will be devoured by fire.

HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:35 35 All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you; Their kings will be greatly afraid, And their countenance will be troubled. HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you; Their kings will be greatly afraid, And their countenance will be troubled WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ISRAEL WAS DESTROYED? READ: LEVITICUS 26:32 32 I will bring the land to desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it. NKJV

HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:35 35 All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you; Their kings will be greatly afraid, And their countenance will be troubled. HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you; Their kings will be greatly afraid, And their countenance will be troubled HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO JOB’S CALAMITY? READ: JOB 18:20 20 Those in the west are astonished at his day, As those in the east are frightened. NKJV

HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:36 36 The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever.'"'" NKJV HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN JERUSALEM FALLS? READ: JEREMIAH 19:8 8 I will make this city desolate and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues. NKJV

HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:36 36 The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever.'"'" HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN EDOM IS DESTROYED? READ: JEREMIAH 49:17-18 17 Edom also shall be an astonishment; Everyone who goes by it will be astonished And will hiss at all its plagues. 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah And their neighbors," says the LORD, "No one shall remain there, Nor shall a son of man dwell in it. NKJV

HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:36 36 The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever.'"'" HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN BABYLON IS DESTROYED? READ: JEREMIAH 50:13 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD She shall not be inhabited, But she shall be wholly desolate. Everyone who goes by Babylon shall be horrified And hiss at all her plagues. NKJV

HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:36 36 The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever.'"'" HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN BABYLON IS DESTROYED? READ: ZEPHANIAH 2:15 15 This is the rejoicing city That dwelt securely, That said in her heart, "I am it, and there is none besides me.“ How has she become a desolation, A place for beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by her Shall hiss and shake his fist. NKJV

HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:36 HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever IS THERE A MESSAGE FOR US TODAY? READ: PSALMS 37:9-11 9 Evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the LORD, They shall inherit the earth. 10 Yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more. 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. NKJV

HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 27:36 HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO TYRE’S FALL? The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever IS THERE A MESSAGE FOR US TODAY? READ: PSALMS 37:34-36 34 Wait on the LORD, And keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a native green tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and behold, he was no more; Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found. NKJV