Ezekiel 27:29-32

29 "All who handle the oar, The 1sailors and all the pilots of the sea Will come down from their ships; They will stand on the land,
30 And they will 2make their voice heard over you And will cry bitterly. They will 3cast dust on their heads, They will 4wallow in ashes.
31 "Also they will make themselves 5bald * for you And 6gird themselves with sackcloth; And they will 7weep for you in bitterness of soul With bitter mourning.
32 "Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a 8lamentation for you And lament over you: 'Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?

Ezekiel 27:29-32 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 8

  • 1. Revelation 18:17-19
  • 2. Isaiah 23:1-6; Ezekiel 26:17
  • 3. 1 Samuel 4:12; 2 Samuel 1:2; Lamentations 2:10; Revelation 18:19
  • 4. Jeremiah 6:26; Jonah 3:6
  • 5. Isaiah 15:2; Ezekiel 29:18
  • 6. Isaiah 22:12; Ezekiel 7:18
  • 7. Isaiah 16:9; Isaiah 22:4
  • 8. Ezekiel 26:17; Ezekiel 27:2; Ezekiel 28:12
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