Ezekiel 27:14They of the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses and war horses and mules.
The setting
Babylon, 587 BC. Ezekiel details Tyre's arms trade—they sold warhorses to nations that would fight each other. Modern-day Iraq.
The emotion here: sorrow at humanity's endless appetite for instruments of death
The original word
sûs (סוס) — warhorse, specifically bred and trained for battle, not transportation
Why it matters
Togarmah (modern Turkey) bred the ancient world's finest warhorses, selling them to opposing armies
Read with care
What most readers miss in Ezekiel 27:14
Tyre sold weapons to both sides of conflicts—profiting from war while staying neutral
Common misconceptionThis seems like a boring trade list, but Ezekiel is exposing how Tyre made money from human conflict—selling tools of death to anyone with gold.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Ezekiel 27:14 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Ezekiel 27:14 comes from the book of Ezekiel, written during the Exile period. These words are attributed to Ezekiel. The dominant emotion in this verse is growing, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the psalm genre of biblical literature. Key themes include trade, wealth, nations. Notable phrases: house of Togarmah; horses and war horses. This verse contains prophecy.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same growing
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
— Proverbs 22:6
“So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
— Romans 10:17
“He must increase, but I must decrease.”
— John 3:30
“Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
— Galatians 6:2
“He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.”
— Genesis 15:6
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