Ezekiel 27:18
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The men of Damascus were thy merchants in the multitude of thy works, the multitude of divers riches, in rich wine, in wool of the best colour.

Damascus

Genesis 15:2 And Abram said: Lord God, what wilt thou give me? I shall go without children: and the son of the steward of my house is this Damascus Eliezer.

1 Kings 11:24,25 And he gathered men against him, and he became a captain of robbers, when David slew them of Soba: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt there, and they made him king in Damascus. . . .

Isaiah 7:8 But the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rasin: and within threescore and five years, Ephraim shall cease to be a people:

Acts 9:2 And asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues: that if he found any men and women of this way, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

90 miles from the Mediterranean by way of Antioch, and

100 from the Euphrates, in lat.

36 deg

11'25 north, long.

37 deg

9 east; and previous to its destruction by an earthquake in

1822, occupied, including its suburbs, eight small hills, with the intermediate valleys, comprehending a circuit of about seven miles; and its inhabitants were variously estimated at from

100,000 to

258,00 souls

Context
A Lament for Tyre
17Juda and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants with the best corn: they set forth balm, and honey, and oil and rosin in thy fairs. 18The men of Damascus were thy merchants in the multitude of thy works, the multitude of divers riches, in rich wine, in wool of the best colour.19Dan, and Greece, and Mosel have set forth in thy marts wrought iron: stacte, and calamus were in thy market.…
Cross References
Genesis 14:15
And dividing his company, he rushed upon them in the night, and defeated them: and pursued them as far as Hoba, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

Isaiah 7:8
But the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rasin: and within threescore and five years, Ephraim shall cease to be a people:

Jeremiah 49:23
Against Damascus. Emath is confounded and Arphad: for they have heard very bad tidings, they are troubled as in the sea: through care they could not rest.

Ezekiel 27:19
Dan, and Greece, and Mosel have set forth in thy marts wrought iron: stacte, and calamus were in thy market.

Ezekiel 27:33
Which by thy merchandise that went from thee by sea didst fill many people: which by the multitude of thy riches, and of thy people didst enrich the kings of the earth.

Ezekiel 47:16
Emath, Berotha, Sabarim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Emath the house of Tichon, which is by the border of Auran.

Lexicon
Because of your many
בְּרֹ֥ב (bə·rōḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

products
מַעֲשַׂ֖יִךְ (ma·‘ă·śa·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

and your great
מֵרֹ֣ב (mê·rōḇ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

wealth of goods,
ה֑וֹן (hō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1952: Wealth, sufficiency

Damascus
דַּמֶּ֧שֶׂק (dam·me·śeq)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1834: Damascus -- a city in Aram (Syria)

traded with you
סֹחַרְתֵּ֛ךְ (sō·ḥar·têḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5503: To go around or about, travel about

wine
בְּיֵ֥ין (bə·yên)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3196: Wine, intoxication

from Helbon,
חֶלְבּ֖וֹן (ḥel·bō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2463: Helbon -- a place in Aram (Syria)

wool
וְצֶ֥מֶר (wə·ṣe·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6785: Wool

from Zahar,
צָֽחַר׃ (ṣā·ḥar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6713: Reddish-gray, tawny


Additional Translations
Because of your many products and your great wealth of goods, Damascus traded with you wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar,Damascus was your merchant in the multitude of the wares of your making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

Damascus was thy merchant for the multitude of thy handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

The people of Damascus were thy merchants by reason of the abundance of all thy power; wine out of Chelbon, and wool from Miletus; and they brought wine into thy market.

Damascus dealt with thee because of the multitude of thy handiworks, by reason of the abundance of all substance, with wine of Helbon, and white wool.

Damascus was thy merchant for the multitude of thy handyworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

Damascus was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

Damascus is thy merchant, For the abundance of thy works, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For wine of Helbon, and white wool.
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