57 Ungodly Commerce of Tyre

This section of Scripture describes in great detail the level of commercial glory that was of Tyre. The Lord gives Ezekiel a series of very descriptive and even artful expressions as He provides the imagery of products that were sought after in place of Him. This again is the entire issue that God is raising with Tyre in the three chapters that He devotes to them. They desired the material goods in abundance of this world instead of the Creator who brought them to the world. This has been one of the visible problems regarding a departure from a God centered life since the Fall. Man wants something other than God and frequently money replaces Him. God continues the illustration of Tyre being represented as a ship. All the godless economic activity that the world lusted after will reach its culmination in the Tribulation.