Ezekiel 27:1

A Lament for Tyre

1 The word of the LORD 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 word of the LORD came to me:

2 "Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre,

3 and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrances to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD: "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.'

4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders made perfect your beauty.

5 They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.