Ezekiel 27:32

32 In their wailing they lament for you,^[a] mourning over you: Who was like Tyre, silenced^[b] in the middle of the sea?

Ezekiel 27:32 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 27:32

And in their wailing they shall takes up a lamentation for
thee
A mournful song, such as was used at funerals, or in times of calamity; and so the Vulgate Latin version renders it: and lament over thee;
saying the following ditty; what city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
as there was none like it a few years ago for riches, splendour, and glory, so now there is none like it for misery and ruin; see ( Revelation 18:18 ) . The Targum is,

``who is as Tyre? there is none like unto her in the midst of the sea;''

she is not now Tyre the renowned, but Tyre the destroyed; destroyed in the midst of the sea, from whence she had her riches and her glory: or, "as one dumb or silent in the midst of the sea"; she, in whom was heard the voice of joy and singing, is now mute, and nothing more of that kind is heard in her see ( Revelation 18:22 ) .

Ezekiel 27:32 In-Context

30 They raise their voices over you and cry out bitterly. They throw dust on their heads; they roll in ashes.

31 They shave their heads because of you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They weep over you with deep anguish and bitter mourning.

32 In their wailing they lament for you, mourning over you: Who was like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?

33 When your merchandise was unloaded from the seas, you satisfied many peoples. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and goods.

34 Now you are shattered by the sea in the depths of the waters; your goods and the people within you have gone down.

Footnotes

• [a]. Ezk 26:17
• [b]. Hb obscure