Ezekiel 27:11 meaning and explanation

Men of Arvad and Helech manned your walls all around, and the men of Gammad were in your towers. They hung their shields around your walls; they perfected your beauty.

Ezekiel 27:11, Berean Standard Bible

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Ezekiel is speaking God's word against Tyre, the wealthy Phoenician port city, and here he pictures it as a magnificent ship. In verse 11 the lament lists the foreign soldiers Tyre hired to guard its walls and towers: men from Arvad, Helech and Gammad, places we cannot all locate today.

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