A Lament for Tyre

Ezekiel 27

1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 2 "Now, son of man, a take up a lamentation for Tyre,

3 "and say to Tyre, b 'You who 1 are situated at the entrance of the sea, c merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD:
"O Tyre, you have said,
d 'I am perfect in beauty.' 4 Your borders are in the midst of the seas.
Your builders have perfected your beauty. 5 They 2 made all your planks of fir trees from e Senir;
They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast. 6 Of f oaks from Bashan they made your oars;
The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks
With ivory from g the coasts of 3 Cyprus. 4 7 Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail;
Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you. 8 "Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen;
Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you;
They became your pilots. 9 Elders of h Gebal and its wise men
Were in you to caulk your seams;
All the ships of the sea
And their oarsmen were in you
To market your merchandise.

10 "Those from Persia, 5 Lydia, and 6 Libya
Were in your army as men of war;
They hung shield and helmet in you;
They gave splendor to you. 11 Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around,
And the men of Gammad were in your towers;
They hung their shields on your walls all around;
They made i your beauty perfect.

12 j "Tarshish was your merchant because of your many luxury goods. They gave you silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods. 13 k "Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They bartered l human lives and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 14 "Those from the house of m Togarmah traded for your wares with horses, steeds, and mules. 15 "The men of n Dedan were your traders; many isles were the market of your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment. 16 "Syria was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. They gave you for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies. 17 "Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of o Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and p balm. 18 "Damascus was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made, because of your many luxury items, with the wine of Helbon and with white wool. 19 "Dan and Javan paid for your wares, 7 traversing back and forth. Wrought iron, cassia, and cane were among your merchandise. 20 q "Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding. 21 "Arabia and all the princes of r Kedar were your regular merchants. They traded with you in lambs, rams, and goats. 22 "The merchants of s Sheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold. 23 t "Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of u Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. 24 "These were your merchants in choice items - in purple clothes, in embroidered garments, in chests of multicolored apparel, in sturdy woven cords, which were in your marketplace. 25 "The v ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise.
You were filled and very glorious w in the midst of the seas.

26 Your oarsmen brought you into many waters,
But x the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas. 27 "Your y riches, wares, and merchandise,
Your mariners and pilots,
Your caulkers and merchandisers,
All your men of war who are in you,
And the entire company which is in your midst,
Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin. 28 The z common-land 8 will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots. 29 "All a who handle the oar,
The mariners,
All the pilots of the sea
Will come down from their ships and stand on the 9 shore. 30 They will make their voice heard because of you;
They will cry bitterly and b cast dust on their heads;
They c will roll about in ashes; 31 They will d shave themselves completely bald because of you,
Gird themselves with sackcloth,
And weep for you
With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. 32 In their wailing for you
They will e take up a lamentation,
And lament for you:
f 'What city is like Tyre,
Destroyed in the midst of the sea? 33 'When g your wares went out by sea,
You satisfied many people;
You enriched the kings of the earth
With your many luxury goods and your merchandise. 34 But h you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters;
i Your merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst. 35 j All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you;
Their kings will be greatly afraid,
And their countenance will be troubled. 36 The merchants among the peoples k will hiss at you;
l You will become a horror, and be no m more forever.' " ' "

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:17
    And they will take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: "How you have perished, O one inhabited by seafaring men, O renowned city, Who was strong at sea, She and her inhabitants, Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:17
    And they will take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: "How you have perished, O one inhabited by seafaring men, O renowned city, Who was strong at sea, She and her inhabitants, Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your heart is lifted up, And you say, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas,' Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 23:3
    And on great waters the grain of Shihor, The harvest of the River, is her revenue; And she is a marketplace for the nations.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:12
    Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:9
    (the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir).
    1 Chronicles 5:23
    So the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land. Their numbers increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to Senir, or Mount Hermon.
    Song of Solomon 4:8
    Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, With me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions' dens, From the mountains of the leopards.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 2:12
    For the day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up - And it shall be brought low -
    Isaiah 2:13
    Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan.
    Zechariah 11:2
    Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, Because the mighty trees are ruined. Wail, O oaks of Bashan, For the thick forest has come down.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 10:4
    The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
    Isaiah 23:1
    The burden against Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, So that there is no house, no harbor; From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
    Isaiah 23:12
    And He said, "You will rejoice no more, O you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, cross over to Cyprus; There also you will have no rest.
    Jeremiah 2:10
    For pass beyond the coasts of Cyprus and see, Send to Kedar and consider diligently, And see if there has been such a thing.
  8. Cross References
    Joshua 13:5
    The land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.
    1 Kings 5:18
    So Solomon's builders, Hiram's builders, and the Gebalites quarried them; and they prepared timber and stones to build the temple.
    Psalms 83:7
    Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:3
    "and say to Tyre, 'You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD: "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.'
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 10:4
    The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
    2 Chronicles 20:36
    And he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion Geber.
    Ezekiel 38:13
    "Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, 'Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?' "'
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 10:2
    The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
    Isaiah 66:19
    I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles.
    Ezekiel 27:19
    Dan and Javan paid for your wares, traversing back and forth. Wrought iron, cassia, and cane were among your merchandise.
  12. Cross References
    Joel 3:3 - 6
    They have cast lots for My people, Have given a boy as payment for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
    Revelation 18:13
    And cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 10:3
    The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
    Ezekiel 38:6
    Gomer and all its troops; the house of Togarmah from the far north and all its troops - many people are with you.
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 10:7
    The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
    Isaiah 21:13
    The burden against Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, O you traveling companies of Dedanites.
  15. Cross References
    Judges 11:33
    And he defeated them from Aroer as far as Minnith - twenty cities - and to Abel Keramim, with a very great slaughter. Thus the people of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
    1 Kings 5:9
    My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; I will float them in rafts by sea to the place you indicate to me, and will have them broken apart there; then you can take them away. And you shall fulfill my desire by giving food for my household.
    1 Kings 5:11
    And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of pressed oil. Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.
    Ezra 3:7
    They also gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the permission which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.
    Acts 12:20
    Now Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus the king's personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food by the king's country.
  16. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:22
    Is there no balm in Gilead, Is there no physician there? Why then is there no recovery For the health of the daughter of my people?
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 25:3
    Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 25:13
    And these were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam.
    Isaiah 60:7
    All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, The rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; They shall ascend with acceptance on My altar, And I will glorify the house of My glory.
    Jeremiah 49:28
    Against Kedar and against the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon shall strike. Thus says the LORD: "Arise, go up to Kedar, And devastate the men of the East!
  19. Cross References
    Genesis 10:7
    The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Ra...
    1 Kings 10:1
    Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame o...
    1 Kings 10:2
    She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue...
    Psalms 72:10
    The kings of Tarshish and of the isles Will bri...
    Isaiah 60:6
    The multitude of camels shall cover your land, ...
    Ezekiel 38:13
    "Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and a...
  20. Cross References
    Genesis 11:31
    And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.
    2 Kings 19:12
    Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?
    Isaiah 37:12
    Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?
  21. Cross References
    Genesis 25:3
    Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
  22. Cross References
    Psalms 48:7
    As when You break the ships of Tarshish With an east wind.
    Isaiah 2:16
    Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops.
  23. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:4
    Your borders are in the midst of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.
  24. Cross References
    Psalms 48:7
    As when You break the ships of Tarshish With an east wind.
    Jeremiah 18:17
    I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back and not the face In the day of their calamity.
    Acts 27:14
    But not long after, a tempestuous head wind arose, called Euroclydon.
  25. Cross References
    Proverbs 11:4
    Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.
  26. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:15
    Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre: 'Will the coastlands not shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when slaughter is made in the midst of you?
  27. Cross References
    Revelation 18:17
    For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.' Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance
  28. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:12
    Then a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line the same day, and came to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
    2 Samuel 1:2
    On the third day, behold, it happened that a man came from Saul's camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. So it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself.
    Job 2:12
    And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven.
    Lamentations 2:10
    The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground and keep silence; They throw dust on their heads And gird themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Bow their heads to the ground.
    Revelation 18:19
    "They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.'
  29. Cross References
    Esther 4:1
    When Mordecai learned all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He cried out with a loud and bitter cry.
    Esther 4:3
    And in every province where the king's command and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
    Jeremiah 6:26
    O daughter of my people, Dress in sackcloth And roll about in ashes! Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us.
    Jonah 3:6
    Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes.
  30. Cross References
    Isaiah 15:2
    He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba; On all their heads will be baldness, And every beard cut off.
    Jeremiah 16:6
    Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.
    Ezekiel 29:18
    Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder rubbed raw; yet neither he nor his army received wages from Tyre, for the labor which they expended on it.
  31. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:17
    And they will take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: "How you have perished, O one inhabited by seafaring men, O renowned city, Who was strong at sea, She and her inhabitants, Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!
  32. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:4
    And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
    Ezekiel 26:5
    It shall be a place for spreading nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,' says the Lord GOD; 'it shall become plunder for the nations.
    Revelation 18:18
    "and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What is like this great city?'
  33. Cross References
    Revelation 18:19
    "They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.'
  34. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:19
    For thus says the Lord GOD: 'When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you.
  35. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:27
    Your riches, wares, and merchandise, Your mariners and pilots, Your caulkers and merchandisers, All your men of war who are in you, And the entire company which is in your midst, Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin.
  36. Cross References
    Isaiah 23:6
    Cross over to Tarshish; Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!
    Ezekiel 26:15
    Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre: 'Will the coastlands not shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when slaughter is made in the midst of you?
    Ezekiel 26:16
    Then all the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.
  37. Cross References
    Jeremiah 18:16
    To make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head.
    Zephaniah 2:15
    This is the rejoicing city That dwelt securely, That said in her heart, "I am it, and there is none besides me." How has she become a desolation, A place for beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by her Shall hiss and shake his fist.
  38. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:2
    "Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, 'Aha! She is broken who was the gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.'
  39. Cross References
    Psalms 37:10
    For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more.
    Psalms 37:36
    Yet he passed away, and behold, he was no more; Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.
    Ezekiel 28:19
    All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you; You have become a horror, And shall be no more forever." '
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