Ezekiel 27:1

Tyre, the ship of state

1 The LORD's word came to me:

Ezekiel 27:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 27:1

The word of the Lord came again unto me
Upon the same subject, the destruction of Tyre: saying;
as follows:

Ezekiel 27:1 In-Context

1 The LORD's word came to me:

2 You, human one, sing a lament for Tyre.

3 Say this about Tyre, who sits enthroned at the entrance to the sea, the people's agent for trade throughout the coastlands. The LORD God proclaims: Tyre, you say, "I'm perfectly beautiful!"

4 But your territory is in the depths of the sea, and it's your builders who made you beautiful.

5 For you they made your deck of cypress from Senir. To make your mast, they took cedar from Lebanon.