New King James Version
Ezekiel 27:2
2“Now, son of man, take up a lamentation 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 Living Translation (NLT)“Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,
Context of Ezekiel 27:2
1The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, “Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre, 3and say to Tyre, ‘You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord God: “O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’ 4Your borders are in the midst of the seas. Your builders have 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 27:32In 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?
- Ezekiel 19:1“Moreover take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
- Ezekiel 26:17And they will take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: “How you have perished, O one inhabited by seafaring men, O renowned city, Who was strong at sea, She and her inhabitants, Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!
- Ezekiel 28:12“Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
- Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: ‘You are like a young lion among the nations, And you are like a monster in the seas, Bursting forth in your rivers, Troubling the waters with your feet, And fouling their rivers.
- Jeremiah 7:20Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched.”
- Jeremiah 9:10I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, And for the dwelling places of the wilderness a lamentation, Because they are burned up, So that no one can pass through; Nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled; They are gone.
- Amos 5:1Hear this word which I take up against you, a lamentation, 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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