Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
"Syria was thy mart for the multitude," etc. For "Syria" the Septuagint reads "Edom." But the Syrians were famed as merchants.
occupied—old English for "traded"; so in Luke 19:13.
agate—Others translate, "ruby," "chalcedony," or "pearls."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 27:16:
Job 28:18
Isaiah 23:1
Ezekiel 27:21
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