Ezekiel 27:1

A Lament for Doomed Tyre

1 And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},

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 And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},

2 "And you, son of man, raise a lament against Tyre.

3 And you must say to Tyre, the one who sits at [the] entrance of the sea [as] the merchant of the peoples to the many coastlands, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Tyre, {you yourself said} "I [am] perfect {in beauty}!"

4 In [the] heart of [the] seas [are] your boundaries; your builders perfected your beauty.

5 They built [with] pine trees from Senir all of your boards for you; they took cedars from Lebanon to make a sailing mast {for you}.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "was"
• [b] Literally "to say"