Christian Standard Bible
Ezekiel 27:2
2“Now, son of man, lament for 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 the Lord came to me: “Now, son of man, lament for Tyre. 3Say to Tyre, who is situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coasts and islands, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Tyre, you declared, “I am perfect in beauty.” 4Your realm was in the heart of the sea; your builders perfected your beauty.
Read all of Ezekiel 27Ezekiel 27:2 word by word
וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֔ם שָׂ֥א עַל־צֹ֖ר קִינָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 27:2
- Ezekiel 27:32“‘In their wailing they lament for you, mourning over you: “Who was like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?
- Ezekiel 19:1“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel,
- Ezekiel 26:17Then they will lament for you and say of you, ‘How you have perished, city of renown, you who were populated from the seas! She who was powerful on the sea, she and all of her inhabitants inflicted their terror.
- Ezekiel 28:12“Son of man, lament for the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord God says: You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
- Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, ‘You compare yourself to a lion of the nations, but you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churn up the waters with your feet, and muddy the rivers.
- Jeremiah 7:20Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Look, my anger — my burning wrath — is about to be poured out on this place, on people and animals, on the tree of the field, and on the produce of the land. My wrath will burn and not be quenched.”
- Jeremiah 9:10I will raise weeping and a lament over the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness grazing land, for they have been so scorched that no one passes through. The sound of cattle is no longer heard. From the birds of the sky to the animals, everything has fled — they have gone away.
- Amos 5:1Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament, 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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