Ezekiel 27:32

Ezekiel 27:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
• New International Version (NIV)As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament concerning you: “Who was ever silenced like Tyre, surrounded by the sea?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)In their wailing they raise a lamentation for you and lament over you: 'Who is like Tyre, like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
• New King James Version (NKJV)In their wailing for you They will take up a lamentation, And lament for you: ‘What city is like Tyre, Destroyed in the midst of the sea?

Context of Ezekiel 27:32

30They will lament loudly over you and cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes; 31they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning. As they wail they will lament over you, chanting: “Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?” 33When your products went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with the abundance of your wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth. 34Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your company have sunk along with you.

Ezekiel 27:32 word by word

וְנָשְׂא֨וּ אֵלַ֤יִךְ בְּנִיהֶם֙ קִינָ֔ה וְקוֹנְנ֖וּ עָלָ֑יִךְ מִ֣י כְצ֔וֹר כְּדֻמָ֖ה בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And in their wailingנִיnîy · wailingH5204
• they shall take upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• a lamentationקִינָהqîynâh · dirgeH7015
• for thee, and lamentקִינֵןqûn · to chantH6969
• like Tyrusצֹרtsôr tsôr · TyreH6865
• like the destroyedדֻּמָּהdûmmâh · destroyedH1822
• in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Ezekiel 27:32

• Ezekiel 27:2“You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.
• Ezekiel 26:17They will sing this lament over you: “‘How you have perished – you have vanished from the seas, O renowned city, once mighty in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror!
• Lamentations 1:12Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by on the road? Look and see! Is there any pain like mine? The Lord has afflicted me, he has inflicted it on me when he burned with anger. מ (Mem)
• Lamentations 2:13With what can I equate you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you so that I might comfort you, O Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you? נ (Nun)
• Revelation 18:18and began to shout when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, “Who is like the great city?”
• Ezekiel 27:26Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.
• Ezekiel 26:4They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 27:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32What city is like Tyrus - This, to the end of the chapter, is the lamentation.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-36Verses 26-36 The most mighty and magnificent kingdoms and states, sooner or later, come down. Those who make creatures their confidence, and rest their hopes upon them, will fall with them: happy are those who have the God of Jacob for their Help, and whose hope is in the Lord their God, who lives for ever. Those who engage in trade should learn to conduct their business according to God's word. Those who possess wealth should remember they are the Lord's…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. 3232. take up--lift up. the destroyed--a destroyed one. Literally, (as opposed to its previous bustle of thronging merchants and mariners, Eze 27:27), "one brought to death's stillness." in ... midst of ... sea--insular Tyre.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 27:32

• Merchant

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Fairs
• Hiss
• Lamentation
• Occupy
• Trade
• Commerce
• Crafts
• Isaiah

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