Thematic Bible: Commercial nations


Thematic Bible



Zebulun will live by the seashore
and will be a harbor for ships,
and his territory will be next to Sidon.
Verse ConceptsSeafaringMediterranean SeaShipsSeashoresLiving In The Land

Say to Tyre, who is located at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coasts and islands: This is what the Lord God says:

Tyre, you declared,
‘I am perfect in beauty.’
Verse ConceptsExaggerationsEntering CitiesSea DwellersPeople Made Perfect

Are you better than Thebes
that sat along the Nile
with water surrounding her,
whose rampart was the sea,
the river her wall?
Verse ConceptsThings SurroundingFigurative WallsSea Dwellers

They summon the peoples to a mountain;
there they offer acceptable sacrifices.
For they draw from the wealth of the seas
and the hidden treasures of the sand.
Verse ConceptsSea Dwellers

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