Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
In contrast to her previous greatness, her downfall is here, by a sudden transition, depicted under the image of a vessel foundering at sea.
east wind—blowing from Lebanon, the most violent wind in the Mediterranean (Psalms 48:7). A Levanter, as it is called. Nebuchadnezzar is meant. The "sea" is the war with him which the "rowers," or rulers of the state vessel, had "brought" it into, to its ruin.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 27:26:
Ezekiel 26:12
Ezekiel 27:4
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