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Ezekiel 27:32

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As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 32

Still we are attending the funeral of Tyre and the lamentations made for the fall of that renowned city. In this chapter we have, I. A large account of the dignity, wealth, and splendour of Tyre, while it was in its strength, the vast trade it drove, and the interest it had among the nations (v. 1-25), which is designed to make its ruin the more lamentable. II. A prediction of its fall and ruin, and the confusion and consternation which all its neighbours shall thereby be put into (Eze 27:26-36). And this is intended to stain the pride of all worldly glory, and, by setting the one over-against the other, to let us see the vanity and uncertainty of the riches, honours, and pleasures of the world, and what little reason we have to place our happiness in them or to be confident of the continuance of them; so that all this is written for our learning.

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Strong's Concordancev. 32

נִי (nîy, H5204) — lamentation נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ, H5375) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative קִינָה (qîynâh, H7015) — a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments) קוּן (qûwn, H6969) — to strike a musical note, i.e. chant or wail (at a funeral) צֹר (Tsôr, H6865) — Tsor, a place in Palestine דֻּמָּה (dummâh, H1822) — desolation; concretely, desolate תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, H8432) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre יָם (yâm, H3220) — a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the…

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Ezekiel 26:17rank 4

Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men— she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!

Revelation of John 18:18rank 3

and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim.

Ezekiel 27:2rank 3

“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.

Lamentations 2:13rank 2

What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?

Lamentations 1:12rank 2

Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?

Ezekiel 27:26rank 2

Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.

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