Ezekiel 27:2

2 “Son of man, take up a lament concerning Tyre.

Ezekiel 27:2 in Other Translations

2 Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

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

2 “Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,

2 "You, son of man, raise a funeral song over Tyre.

2 And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

2 "Son of man, sing a funeral song about Tyre.

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

2 "Son of man, sing a song of sadness about Tyre.

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 “Son of man, take up a lament concerning Tyre.

3 Say to Tyre, situated at the gateway to the sea, merchant of peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘You say, Tyre, “I am perfect in beauty.”

4 Your domain was on the high seas; your builders brought your beauty to perfection.

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

Cross References

• 1. S Ezekiel 19:1