Ezekiel 27:1
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
In Context
2'And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
Cross References
Psalms 87:4'I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know Me; behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this one was born there.'
Ezekiel 28:1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
Zechariah 9:2And Hamath also shall border thereon; Tyre and Zidon, for she is 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 →