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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ezekiel 27:15 - 27:15
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Dedan - near the Persian Sea: thus an avenue to the commerce of India. Not the Dedan in Arabia (Eze 27:20), as the names in the context here prove, but the Dedan sprung from Cush [Bochart], (Gen 10:7).
merchandise of thine hand - that is, were dependent on thee for trade [Fairbairn]; came to buy the produce of thy hands [Grotius].
a present - literally, “a reward in return”; a price paid for merchandise.
horns of ivory - Ivory is so termed from its resemblance to horns. The Hebrew word for “ivory” means “tooth”; so that they cannot have mistaken ivory as if coming from the horns of certain animals, instead of from the tusks of the elephant.