...was Kmerald, and the other Jasper, aa vet not changed. In Ezekiel, chap, xxvii. 16, it is written : Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making : thev occupied in thy fairs with Emeralds, purple, and hroidered work, and fine linen, and coral,...

...first imported from that country, and then exported again to Syria, the land of Judah and of Israel, emeralds, purple, and ( broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate ; all of which articles, by the diffusion of civilization and the arts, were become, by this time,...

...of Tyrian purple, and Ezekiel (xxvii. 10) speaks of "the multitude of the wares of its making " — emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. The commerce of Tyre was commensurate with ita manufactures. Situate at the entry of the sea, it became...

...ebony wood, together with a certain quantity of gold and ivory." — PLIN. Hist. nut. 1. xn. c. 8. 16. Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude...broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. The following are among many notices to be found in ancient writers of the •wares, the embroidery...

...China, which is much relished by the Chinese, and is sometimes imported into Britain as a preserve. " Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude...thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, fine linen, and coral, and agate" (ver. 16). "Emeralds," see under Rev. iv. 3; "Purple," Judges viii....

...merchants. Thus we find that when Ezekiel addressed Tyrus, in the language of prophecy, he referred to it: "Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude...thy fairs with emeralds, purple and broidered work." In later ages, we read of a very interesting character. Lydia, who was " a seller of purple " at Thyatira,...

...especially the Tyrian purple dye. According to Ezekiel (xxvii. 16,) Syria was busy in the " fairs of Tyre with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate," — so costly was her merchandise, and so vast her wealth. Isaiah (xxii. 8), and especially Ezekiel...

...coveted a robe of Tjrian purple ; and Ezekiel speaks of " the multitude of wares of its making," — "emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate." The commerce of Tyre was commensurate with its manufactures. Situate at the entry of the sea, it became...

...Syria, because the route of the caravans lay through the latter country : ' Syria trafficked with thee by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making; they gave for thy merchandise emeralds, purple and broidered work, and fine linen and agate.' * The articles...

...they reached around the southern coasts of Asia, a region fruitful in rich and precious commodities. "Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude...broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate." Syria was near at hand: the borders of Phenicia on the north and west touched Syria. These Syrians...