Ezekiel 27:31-36

31 "Also they will make themselves 1bald * for you And 2gird themselves with sackcloth; And they will 3weep for you in bitterness of soul With bitter mourning.
32 "Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a 4lamentation for you And lament over you: 'Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?
33 'When your wares went out from the seas, You satisfied many peoples; With the 5abundance of your wealth and your merchandise You enriched the kings of earth.
34 'Now that you are 6broken by the seas In the depths of the waters, Your 7merchandise and all your company Have fallen in the midst of you.
35 'All the 8inhabitants of the coastlands Are appalled at you, And their kings are horribly afraid; They are troubled in countenance.
36 'The merchants among the peoples 9hiss at you; You have become terrified And you 10will cease to be forever *.' ""'

Ezekiel 27:31-36 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 27

This chapter contains a lamentation on Tyre; setting forth her former grandeur, riches, and commerce; her ruin and destruction; and the concern of others on that account. The prophet is bid to take up his lamentation concerning it, Eze 27:1,2, observing her situation and magnificence, of which she boasted, Eze 27:3,4, describing the excellency of her shipping and naval stores, Eze 27:5-7, declaring who were her mariners, pilots, and caulkers, Eze 27:8,9, her military men, Eze 27:10,11 her several merchants, and the things they traded in with her in her fairs and markets, Eze 27:12-25, then follows an account of her destruction, Eze 27:26,27, the lamentation of pilots and mariners because of it, Eze 27:28-32, and of the kings and inhabitants of the isles, and merchants of the people, Eze 27:33-36.

Cross References 10

  • 1. Isaiah 15:2; Ezekiel 29:18
  • 2. Isaiah 22:12; Ezekiel 7:18
  • 3. Isaiah 16:9; Isaiah 22:4
  • 4. Ezekiel 26:17; Ezekiel 27:2; Ezekiel 28:12
  • 5. Ezekiel 27:12, 18; Ezekiel 28:4, 5
  • 6. Ezekiel 26:12; Ezekiel 27:26, 27
  • 7. Zechariah 9:3, 4
  • 8. Isaiah 23:6; Ezekiel 26:16
  • 9. Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 19:8; Jeremiah 49:17; Jeremiah 50:13; Zephaniah 2:15
  • 10. Psalms 37:10, 36

Footnotes 2

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