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Ezekiel 27:2

Tyre
Money and wealth

1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.

3 Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.
KJV
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
WEB
“You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
ASV
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
DARBY
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
BLB
“And you, son of man, take up concerning Tyre a lamentation,
ÅB
Og du menneskesønn! Stem i en klagesang over Tyrus!
OTB
“Menneskesønn, stem i en klagesang over Tyrus.
B1930
Og du menneskesønn! Stem i en klagesang over Tyrus!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 9:17–20

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.

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  • Ezekiel 19:1

    “As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel

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  • Jeremiah 9:10

    I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.

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  • Ezekiel 28:12

    “Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

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  • Ezekiel 26:17

    Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men— she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!

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  • Ezekiel 27:32

    As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?

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  • Amos 5:1

    Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:

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  • Amos 5:16

    Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.

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