Ezekiel 27:2

2 "Now, son of man, lament for Tyre.^[a]

Ezekiel 27:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 27:2

Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus.
] Compose an elegy, and sing it; make a mournful noise, and deliver out a funeral ditty; such as the "praeficae", or mournful women, made at funerals, in which they said all they could in praise of the dead, and made very doleful lamentations for them: this the prophet was to do in a prophetic manner, for the confirmation of what was prophesied of by him; and it may teach us, that even wicked men are to be pitied, when in distress and calamity.

Ezekiel 27:2 In-Context

1 The word of the Lord came to me:

2 "Now, son of man, lament for Tyre.

3 Say to Tyre, who is located at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coasts and islands: This is what the Lord God says: Tyre, you declared: I am perfect in beauty.

4 Your realm was in the heart of the sea; your builders perfected your beauty.

5 They constructed all your planking with pine trees from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

Footnotes

• [a] Ezk 28:12; 32:2