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Ezekiel 27:32

Tyre
Money and wealth

30 They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.

31 They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.

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?

33 When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.

34 Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.

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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
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?
KJV
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
WEB
In their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, ‘Who is there like Tyre, like her who is brought to silence in the middle of the sea?’
ASV
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, [saying], Who is there like Tyre, like her that is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?
DARBY
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, [saying,] Who is like Tyre, like her that is destroyed in the midst of the sea?
BLB
And they will lift up a lamentation for you in their wailing, and they will lament over you: ‘Who [was] like Tyre, silenced in the midst of the sea?
ÅB
I sin jammer skal de stemme i en klagesang over deg og si: Hvem er lik Tyrus, den stad som nå er blitt taus, der den ligger midt ute i havet?
OTB
Mens de jamrer og sørger over deg,
vil de stemme i en klagesang for deg og synge:
“Hvem er som Tyrus,
nå stille i havets midte?”
B1930
I sin jammer skal de stemme i en klagesang over dig og si: Hvem er lik Tyrus, den stad som nu er blitt taus, der den ligger midt ute i havet?

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Cross references

  • 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 27:2

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

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  • Revelation 18:18

    and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim.

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  • Ezekiel 26:4–5

    They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.

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  • Ezekiel 27:26

    Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.

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  • Lamentations 1:12

    Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?

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  • Lamentations 2:13

    What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?

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