John Trapp on Ezekiel 27:8-9

Ver. 8. The inhabitants of Zidon] Famous all the world over for their skill at ſea, and otherwiſe.

Thy wiſe-men—were thy Pilots] Wiſe they had need to be, that ſit at the ſtern of a ſtate. Let them not therefore be ignorant, or idle, or otherwiſe faulty, leſt they mar all: let them be active Argonautes. They have their names here in the Hebrew from the ropes of the ſhip, which they as Pilots, muſt skilfully order: ſhifting ſailes according to the wind. Counſel alſo, in that tongue, hath its name from the ſame root. [non-Latin text not transcribed]

Ver, 9. The ancients of Gibael] Great Architects, 1 King. 5.18, but perſecutors of the Church, Pſal. 83.7.

Thy calkers] Or ſtoppers of chinkes, ſtuppa, pice, aliaeque materia, when the ſhip ſpringeth a leak.