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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/27.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/27.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament concerning you: &#8220Who was ever silenced like Tyre, surrounded by the sea?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/27.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />As they wail and mourn over you, they sing this sad funeral song: ‘Was there ever such a city as Tyre, now silent at the bottom of the sea?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In their wailing they raise a lamentation for you and lament over you: ‘Who is like Tyre, like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, <i>saying</i>, What <i>city is</i> like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />In their wailing for you They will take up a lamentation, And lament for you: ‘What <i>city is</i> like Tyre, Destroyed in the midst of the sea?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a song of mourning for you And sing a song of mourning over you: ‘Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you And lament over you: &#8216Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you And lament over you: ‘Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you And lament over you: ‘Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“In their wailing they will take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for you And sing a dirge for you: ‘Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent [destroyed] in the midst of the sea?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“ ‘In their wailing they lament for you, mourning over you: “Who was like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In their wailing they lament for you, mourning over you: Who was like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />In their grief they sing a funeral song for you: "Tyre, you were greater than all other cities. But now you lie in silence at the bottom of the sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They sang a funeral song for you with loud crying: "Who is like Tyre, the city destroyed in the sea?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They chant a funeral song for you: 'Who can be compared to Tyre, To Tyre now silent in the sea? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />In the depth of their despair they'll compose a lament for you. This is what they'll say: 'Who is like Tyre? Who is so silent in the midst of the sea?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />As they wail they will lament over you, chanting: "Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />In their wailing they shall 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 midst of the sea?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyre, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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?’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And their sons have lifted up a lamentation for you, "" And they have lamented over you, Who [is] as Tyre? As the cut-off one in the midst of the sea?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And lifted up for thee have their sons a lamentation, And they have lamented over thee, who is as Tyre? As the cut-off one in the midst of the sea?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And their sons lifted up a lamentation for thee, and they lamented over thee: Who as Tyre, as she desolated in the midst of the sea?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they shall take up a mournful song for thee, and snail lament thee: What city is like Tyre, which is become silent in the midst of the sea? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they will take up a mournful verse over you, and they will lament you: ‘What city is like Tyre, which has become mute in the midst of the sea?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They raise a lament for you; they wail over you: “Who was ever destroyed like Tyre in the midst of the sea?” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In their wailing they raise a lamentation for you, and lament over you: “Who was ever destroyed like Tyre in the midst of the sea?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And their sons shall take up lamentations for you and lament over you, saying, Who was like Tyre built in the midst of the sea?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And their children shall mourn great mourning for you, and they shall say: “Who is there that was like Tyre who was dwelling within the sea?”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, And lament over thee: Who was there like Tyre, fortified In the midst of the sea?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And their sons shall take up a <i>lament</i> for thee, even a lamentation for Sor, <i>saying</i>,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=7948" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/27.htm">A Lament for Tyre</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">31</span>They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning. <span class="reftext">32</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5204.htm" title="5204: bə·nî·hem (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Lamentation. A doubtful word; apparently from nahah; lamentation.">As they wail</a> <a href="/hebrew/6969.htm" title="6969: wə·qō·wn·nū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To chant an elegy or dirge. A primitive root; to strike a musical note, i.e. Chant or wail.">and mourn</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lā·yiḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: wə·nā·śə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">they will take up</a> <a href="/hebrew/7015.htm" title="7015: qî·nāh (N-fs) -- An elegy, dirge. From quwn; a dirge.">a lament</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·la·yiḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- To, into, towards. ">for you:</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">‘Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/6865.htm" title="6865: ḵə·ṣō·wr (Prep-k:: N-proper-fs) -- A Phoenician city. Or Tsowr; the same as tsor; a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine.">was ever like Tyre,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1822.htm" title="1822: kə·ḏu·māh (Prep-k:: N-fs) -- One silenced or brought to silence. From damah; desolation; concretely, desolate.">silenced</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bə·ṯō·wḵ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">in the middle</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: hay·yām (Art:: N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">of the sea?</a> </span><span class="reftext">33</span>When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Revelation 18:19</a></span><br />Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/23-1.htm">Isaiah 23:1-14</a></span><br />This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. / Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea. / On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-8.htm">Jeremiah 51:8</a></span><br />Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-15.htm">Lamentations 2:15</a></span><br />All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</a></span><br />In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-4.htm">Isaiah 14:4-11</a></span><br />you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! / The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers. / It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-46.htm">Jeremiah 50:46</a></span><br />At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Revelation 18:17-18</a></span><br />For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-5</a></span><br />“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17-19</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. / Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water. / For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21</a></span><br />Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-17.htm">Jeremiah 48:17</a></span><br />Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered—the glorious staff!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-9.htm">Revelation 18:9</a></span><br />Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-11.htm">Isaiah 34:11-15</a></span><br />The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction. / No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing. / Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the middle of the sea?</p><p class="hdg">take up</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/27-2.htm">Ezekiel 27:2</a></b></br> Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/26-17.htm">Ezekiel 26:17</a></b></br> And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, <i>that wast</i> inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror <i>to be</i> on all that haunt it!</p><p class="hdg">What city</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/1-12.htm">Lamentations 1:12</a></b></br> <i>Is it</i> nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted <i>me</i> in the day of his fierce anger.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/2-13.htm">Lamentations 2:13</a></b></br> What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach <i>is</i> great like the sea: who can heal thee?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/18-18.htm">Revelation 18:18</a></b></br> And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What <i>city is</i> like unto this great city!</p><p class="hdg">the destroyed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/27-26.htm">Ezekiel 27:26</a></b></br> Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/26-4.htm">Ezekiel 26:4,5</a></b></br> And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/26-19.htm">City</a> <a href="/job/14-8.htm">Cut-Off</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-19.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-17.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-21.htm">End</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-20.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-31.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-31.htm">Lamentation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-27.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-27.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-1.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-23.htm">Mourn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-30.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-29.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-13.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-53.htm">Silenced</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-27.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-2.htm">Song</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-2.htm">Sorrowing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Tyre</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Tyrus</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-30.htm">Wail</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-31.htm">Wailing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-31.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-4.htm">Who</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/33-21.htm">City</a> <a href="/job/14-8.htm">Cut-Off</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-34.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-16.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-36.htm">End</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-16.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-12.htm">Lamentation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-2.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-34.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-11.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-15.htm">Mourn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-12.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-34.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/amos/5-13.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Silenced</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-22.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-12.htm">Song</a> <a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Sorrowing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-2.htm">Tyre</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-2.htm">Tyrus</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-2.htm">Wail</a> <a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Wailing</a> <a href="/hosea/12-4.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/haggai/2-3.htm">Who</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-1.htm">The riches and commerce of Tyrus</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-26.htm">The great and irrecoverable fall thereof</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near Eastern context, wailing and mourning were common practices during times of loss or disaster. The lamentation here is directed towards Tyre, a significant city known for its wealth and influence. The mourning reflects the impact of Tyre's downfall on surrounding nations and their economies, as Tyre was a major trade hub.<p><b>they will take up a lament for you:</b><br>Laments were a traditional form of expressing sorrow and were often poetic in nature. In the Bible, laments are used to express grief over the fall of cities or nations, as seen in the Book of Lamentations regarding Jerusalem. This lament for Tyre signifies the city's importance and the magnitude of its destruction. It also serves as a prophetic warning to other nations about the consequences of pride and reliance on wealth.<p><b>‘Who was ever like Tyre,</b><br>This rhetorical question emphasizes Tyre's uniqueness and prominence. Tyre was renowned for its strategic location, wealth, and strong fortifications. Historically, Tyre was a leading maritime power and a center of commerce in the Mediterranean. The question highlights the city's unmatched status and the shock of its downfall, drawing a parallel to other biblical cities like Babylon, which also faced divine judgment.<p><b>silenced in the middle of the sea?</b><br>Tyre's location on an island in the Mediterranean Sea made it a formidable city, both in terms of defense and trade. The imagery of being "silenced" suggests complete destruction and cessation of its bustling activity. This phrase can be seen as a fulfillment of prophecy, as Ezekiel foretold Tyre's downfall due to its pride and opposition to God's people. The sea, once a source of Tyre's wealth and power, becomes a symbol of its isolation and demise. This can also be seen as a type of Christ, where the sea often represents chaos and judgment, yet Christ calms the sea, symbolizing His authority over all creation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/tyre.htm">Tyre</a></b><br>An ancient and prosperous Phoenician city known for its wealth and trade. It was located on the Mediterranean coast and was a significant maritime power.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He conveyed God's messages, including judgments and future restoration.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/lament.htm">Lament</a></b><br>A traditional form of mourning or expression of grief, often poetic, used in the Bible to express sorrow over loss or destruction.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sea.htm">The Sea</a></b><br>Represents the Mediterranean Sea, which was central to Tyre's trade and economic power.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/merchants_and_traders.htm">Merchants and Traders</a></b><br>Key figures in Tyre's economy, representing the city's extensive trade networks and wealth.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_pride_and_wealth.htm">The Danger of Pride and Wealth</a></b><br>Tyre's downfall serves as a warning against the dangers of pride and reliance on wealth. Despite its prosperity, Tyre was not immune to God's judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_earthly_power.htm">The Transience of Earthly Power</a></b><br>The lament over Tyre reminds us that earthly power and success are temporary. True security is found in God alone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_lament_in_spiritual_life.htm">The Role of Lament in Spiritual Life</a></b><br>Lament is a biblical way to process grief and loss. It allows us to express sorrow while turning to God for comfort and hope.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>The prophecy against Tyre demonstrates God's control over nations and history. He raises and brings down kingdoms according to His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The judgment on Tyre serves as a call to repentance for those who trust in their own strength and resources rather than in God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 27</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_ezekiel_27_conflict_with_tyre's_later_history.htm">Does Ezekiel 27's depiction of Tyre's downfall conflict with later accounts of Alexander the Great's conquest and the city's partial rebuilding?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_tyre's_prophecy_match_history.htm">In Ezekiel 27, how can the prophecy of Tyre's total destruction be reconciled with historical evidence that Tyre persisted for centuries?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_ezekiel_27's_tarshish_match_history.htm">Does the mention of Tarshish and other distant lands in Ezekiel 27 align with known ancient geography and historical records?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 32.</span> - As in other instances of extreme sorrow, the inarticulate signs of grief pass after a time into spoken words. <span class="cmt_word">What city is like Tyrus</span>, etc.? What parallel can be found in the world's history, either for her magnificence or her fall? The shipwreck of her fortunes (we are still in the region of the prophet's metaphors) would be utter and irretrievable. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">As they wail</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנִיהֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nî·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5204.htm">Strong's 5204: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lamentation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and mourn</span><br /><span class="heb">וְקוֹנְנ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·qō·wn·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6969.htm">Strong's 6969: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike a, musical note, chant, wail</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over you,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלָ֑יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will take up</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָשְׂא֨וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·śə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a lament</span><br /><span class="heb">קִינָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(qî·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7015.htm">Strong's 7015: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elegy, dirge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for you:</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלַ֤יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·la·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Who</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was ever like Tyre,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְצ֔וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·ṣō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6865.htm">Strong's 6865: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tyre -- a Phoenician city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">silenced</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּדֻמָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḏu·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1822.htm">Strong's 1822: </a> </span><span class="str2">One silenced or brought to silence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the middle</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּת֥וֹךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯō·wḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bisection, the centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the sea?</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיָּֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Ezekiel 27:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Ezekiel 27:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Ezekiel 27:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Ezekiel 27:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Ezekiel 27:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Ezekiel 27:32 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Ezekiel 27:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Ezekiel 27:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Ezekiel 27:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Ezekiel 27:32 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/27-32.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 27:32 In their wailing they shall take up (Ezek. 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