Ezekiel 27:30

30 ¹and shout aloud over you and cry out bitterly. ²They cast dust on their heads ³and wallow in ashes;

Ezekiel 27:30 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 27:30

And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee
The rulers and governors of the city, for having taken a false step in provoking the enemy, and then holding out the siege no longer, as it was thought they might and would: or rather "over thee", or, "for thee" {h}; mourning over the city, and lamenting its sad case; see ( Revelation 18:9 Revelation 18:11 ) : and shall cry bitterly;
with great weeping, howling, and shrieking: and they shall cast dust upon their heads;
a custom used in the eastern countries, in time of mourning and sorrow; see ( Revelation 18:19 ) : and they shall wallow themselves in ashes:
or roll themselves in them, another custom used in mourning; see ( Jeremiah 6:26 ) ( Micah 1:10 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (Kyle) "de te", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, "super te"; Piscator, Cocceius, Starckius.

Ezekiel 27:30 In-Context

28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots the countryside shakes,

29 and down from their ships come all who handle the oar. The mariners and all the pilots of the sea stand on the land

30 and shout aloud over you and cry out bitterly. They cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes;

31 they make themselves bald for you and put sackcloth on their waist, and they weep over you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning.

32 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?

Cross References

• 1. [See ver. 29 above]
• 2. Lamentations 2:10; Revelation 18:19
• 3. See Jeremiah 6:26