American Standard Version
Ezekiel 27:2
2And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
Ezekiel 27:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
- New International Version (NIV)“Son of man, take up a lament concerning Tyre.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
Context of Ezekiel 27:2
1The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying, And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre; 3and say unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest at the entry of the sea, that art the merchant of the peoples unto many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, O Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty. 4Thy borders are in the heart of the seas; thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
Read all of Ezekiel 27Ezekiel 27:2 word by word
וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֔ם שָׂ֥א עַל־צֹ֖ר קִינָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ezekiel 27:2
- Ezekiel 27:32And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, Who is there like Tyre, like her that is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?
- Ezekiel 19:1Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
- Ezekiel 26:17And they shall take up a lamentation over thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, that was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, that caused their terror to be on all that dwelt there!
- Ezekiel 28:12Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
- Ezekiel 32:2Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast likened unto a young lion of the nations: yet art thou as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
- Jeremiah 7:20Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, mine anger and my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
- Jeremiah 9:10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone.
- Amos 5:1Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 27:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Take up a lamentation for Tyrus - This is a singular and curious chapter. It gives a very circumstantial account of the trade of Tyre with different parts of the world, and the different sorts of merchandise in which she trafficked. The places and the imports are as regularly entered here as they could have been in a European custom-house.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36The second part of the prophet’s message to Tyre (see study note on Ezekiel 26:1–28:19) is a funeral song. The song compares Tyre’s past glory with its present loss. It connects with the previous chapter in several ways. Both speak directly to Tyre. Both describe Tyre as a gateway and a center of trade (see Ezekiel 26:1–2). Both end with the same message: Tyre has come to a terrible end and will exist no more (compare Ezekiel 26:21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-362. lamentation--a funeral dirge, eulogizing her great attributes, to make the contrast the greater between her former and her latter state.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Ezekiel 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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