Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

Breakest

Bible References

Breakest

Ezekiel 27:25
Tarshish ships did business for you in your goods: and you were made full, and great was your glory in the heart of the seas.

East

Jeremiah 18:17
I will send them in flight, as from an east wind, before the attacker; I will let them see my back and not my face on the day of their downfall.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain