Ezekiel 27:1
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
In Context
2Thou therefore, O son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre:
Cross References
Psalms 87:4I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon knowing me. Behold the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians, these were there.
Ezekiel 28:1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Zechariah 9:2Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding 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 →