# Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to Tyre. The city of Tyre continues to be described as if it were a beautiful ship. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# General Information:

The words "you" and "your" in these verses refer to Tyre.

# Arvad

This is the name of a small island off the coast of Syria. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# sages

"wise men"

# pilots

A pilot is a person who controls where a ship goes by steering the ship.

# Byblos

This is the name of a city on the Syrian coast. Other versions call it by the name "Gebal." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-textvariants]])

# filled your seams

"repaired your cracks" or "repaired your leaks"

# sailors

A sailor is one of the team of workers on a ship.