Ezekiel 27:29-35

29 "Every ship is now deserted, And every sailor has gone ashore.

30 They all mourn bitterly for you, Throwing dust on their heads and rolling in ashes.

31 They shave their heads for you And dress themselves in sackcloth. Their hearts are bitter as they weep.

32 They chant a funeral song for you: "Who can be compared to Tyre, To Tyre now silent in the sea?

33 When your merchandise went overseas, You filled the needs of every nation. Kings were made rich By the wealth of your goods.

34 Now you are wrecked in the sea; You have sunk to the ocean depths. Your goods and all who worked for you Have vanished with you in the sea.'

35 "Everyone who lives along the coast is shocked at your fate. Even their kings are terrified, and fear is written on their faces.

Ezekiel 27:29-35 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 27

This chapter contains a lamentation on Tyre; setting forth her former grandeur, riches, and commerce; her ruin and destruction; and the concern of others on that account. The prophet is bid to take up his lamentation concerning it, Eze 27:1,2, observing her situation and magnificence, of which she boasted, Eze 27:3,4, describing the excellency of her shipping and naval stores, Eze 27:5-7, declaring who were her mariners, pilots, and caulkers, Eze 27:8,9, her military men, Eze 27:10,11 her several merchants, and the things they traded in with her in her fairs and markets, Eze 27:12-25, then follows an account of her destruction, Eze 27:26,27, the lamentation of pilots and mariners because of it, Eze 27:28-32, and of the kings and inhabitants of the isles, and merchants of the people, Eze 27:33-36.