מדרש על יחזקאל 27:27

(Numb. 19:5, cont.:) TOGETHER WITH ITS SKIN, ITS FLESH, AND ITS BLOOD. These represent its commanders,¹³⁵Lat.: duces. its governors,¹³⁶Gk.: eparchoi or possibly hyparchoi. and {the} [its] generals.¹³⁷Gk.: stratelatai. This is what is written (in Ezek. 27:27): YOUR WEALTH, YOUR WARES, YOUR MERCHANDISE, YOUR MARINERS, YOUR SAILORS, YOUR LEAK REPAIRERS, THOSE WHO TRADE YOUR WARES, <ALL YOUR MEN OF WAR WHO ARE IN YOUR MIDST, WITH ALL YOUR ASSEMBLY THAT IS IN YOUR MIDST>, WILL SINK INTO THE HEART OF THE SEAS ON THE DAY OF YOUR DOWNFALL. R. Samuel bar Isaac said: Even those who were outside your assembly, but who came and attached themselves to your assemblies, they also will sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.