Ezekiel 27:30

30 and they will lament over you with their voice, and they will cry out bitterly, and they will throw dust on their heads, [and] they will roll in the dust.

Ezekiel 27:30 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 27:30

And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee
The rulers and governors of the city, for having taken a false step in provoking the enemy, and then holding out the siege no longer, as it was thought they might and would: or rather "over thee", or, "for thee" {h}; mourning over the city, and lamenting its sad case; see ( Revelation 18:9 Revelation 18:11 ) : and shall cry bitterly;
with great weeping, howling, and shrieking: and they shall cast dust upon their heads;
a custom used in the eastern countries, in time of mourning and sorrow; see ( Revelation 18:19 ) : and they shall wallow themselves in ashes:
or roll themselves in them, another custom used in mourning; see ( Jeremiah 6:26 ) ( Micah 1:10 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (Kyle) "de te", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, "super te"; Piscator, Cocceius, Starckius.

Ezekiel 27:30 In-Context

28 At the sound of the shout of your seamen, [the] pasturelands will shake.

29 And they will go down from their ships, all of [those] holding an oar, mariners, all of the seamen of the sea will stand on the land,

30 and they will lament over you with their voice, and they will cry out bitterly, and they will throw dust on their heads, [and] they will roll in the dust.

31 {They will shave themselves bald for your sake}, and they will dress themselves [in] sackcloth, and they will weep over you with [a] bitterness of soul [and] with bitter wailing.

32 And they will raise over you with their wailing a lament, and they will chant a lament over you: 'Who is like Tyre, like [this] destruction in the midst of the sea?'

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "lamented"
• [b]. Hebrew "cried out"
• [c]. Hebrew "threw"
• [d]. Hebrew "rolled"