Ezekiel 27:1
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
In Context
2And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
Cross References
Psalms 87:4I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon among them that know me; behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: this [man] was born there.
Ezekiel 28:1And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Zechariah 9:2and also [on] Hamath [which] bordereth thereon; on Tyre and Zidon, though she be very wise.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 27:1
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 ( ver. 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, ver. 26-36 . And this is… Read the whole commentary →