21 " 'Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers; they did business with you in lambs, rams and goats.
21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your favored dealers in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you.
21 "'Arabia and all the Bedouin sheiks of Kedar traded lambs, rams, and goats with you.
21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your regular merchants. They traded with you in lambs, rams, and goats.
21 The Arabians and the princes of Kedar sent merchants to trade lambs and rams and male goats in exchange for your goods.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 27:21
Commentary on Ezekiel 27:1-25
(Read Ezekiel 27:1-25)
Those who live at ease are to be lamented, if they are not prepared for trouble. Let none reckon themselves beautified, any further than they are sanctified. The account of the trade of Tyre intimates, that God's eye is upon men when employed in worldly business. Not only when at church, praying and hearing, but when in markets and fairs, buying and selling. In all our dealings we should keep a conscience void of offence. God, as the common Father of mankind, makes one country abound in one commodity, and another in another, serviceable to the necessity or to the comfort and ornament of human life. See what a blessing trade and merchandise are to mankind, when followed in the fear of God. Besides necessaries, an abundance of things are made valuable only by custom; yet God allows us to use them. But when riches increase, men are apt to set their hearts upon them, and forget the Lord, who gives power to get wealth.