The Meaning of Ezekiel 27:35 Explained

Ezekiel 27:35

KJV: All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.

YLT: All inhabitants of the isles have been astonished at thee, And their kings have been sore afraid, They have been troubled in countenance.

Darby: All the inhabitants of the isles are amazed at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, their countenance is troubled.

ASV: All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their countenance.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All the inhabitants  of the isles  shall be astonished  at thee, and their kings  shall be sore  afraid,  they shall be troubled  in [their] countenance. 

What does Ezekiel 27:35 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 27

1  The riches and commerce of Tyrus
26  The great and irrecoverable fall thereof

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 27:35 mean?

All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you and their kings will be afraid greatly and will be troubled [their] countenance
כֹּ֚ל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאִיִּ֔ים שָׁמְמ֖וּ עָלָ֑יִךְ וּמַלְכֵיהֶם֙ שָׂ֣עֲרוּ שַׂ֔עַר רָעֲמ֖וּ פָּנִֽים

יֹשְׁבֵ֣י  the  inhabitants 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
הָאִיִּ֔ים  of  the  isles 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אִי  
Sense: coast, island, shore, region.
שָׁמְמ֖וּ  will  be  astonished 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׁמֵם  
Sense: to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy.
עָלָ֑יִךְ  at  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
וּמַלְכֵיהֶם֙  and  their  kings 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
שָׂ֣עֲרוּ  will  be  afraid 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׂעַר 
Sense: to storm, shiver, dread, bristle (with horror), be very afraid.
שַׂ֔עַר  greatly 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׂעַר 
Sense: storm, tempest, terror, horror.
רָעֲמ֖וּ  and  will  be  troubled 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: רָעַם 
Sense: to thunder.
פָּנִֽים  [their]  countenance 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.