Ezekiel 27:32

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?

And in their wailing {H5204} they shall take up {H5375} a lamentation {H7015} for thee, and lament {H6969} over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus {H6865}, like the destroyed {H1822} in the midst {H8432} of the sea {H3220}?

Wailing, they will raise a lament for you; this will be their lament for you: "'"Who anywhere in the sea has ever been silenced like Tzor?

As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?

And 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?

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 26:17 (4 votes)

    And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, [that wast] inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror [to be] on all that haunt it!

  • Ezekiel 27:2 (3 votes)

    Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

  • Revelation 18:18 (3 votes)

    And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city is] like unto this great city!

  • Lamentations 1:12 (2 votes)

    ¶ [Is it] nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger.

  • Lamentations 2:13 (2 votes)

    What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach [is] great like the sea: who can heal thee?

  • Ezekiel 27:26 (2 votes)

    ¶ Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

  • Ezekiel 26:4 (2 votes)

    And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.