Verse 17

And they shall take up{H5375} a lamentation{H7015} over thee, and say{H559} to thee, How art thou destroyed,{H6} that wast inhabited{H3427} by seafaring men,{H3220} the renowned{H1984} city,{H5892} that was strong{H2389} in the sea,{H3220} she and her inhabitants,{H3427} that caused{H5414} their terror{H2851} to be on all that dwelt{H3427} there!

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 14:12 : 12 How art thou fallen{H5307} from heaven,{H8064} O day-star,{H1966} son{H1121} of the morning!{H7837} how art thou cut down{H1438} to the ground,{H776} that didst lay low{H2522} the nations!{H1471}
  • Ezek 19:1 : 1 Moreover, take thou up{H5375} a lamentation{H7015} for the princes{H5387} of Israel,{H3478}
  • 2 Sam 1:25-27 : 25 How are the mighty{H1368} fallen{H5307} in the midst{H8432} of the battle!{H4421} Jonathan{H3083} is slain{H2491} upon thy high places.{H1116} 26 I am distressed{H6887} for thee, my brother{H251} Jonathan:{H3083} Very{H3966} pleasant{H5276} hast thou been unto me: Thy love{H160} to me was wonderful,{H6381} Passing the love{H160} of women.{H802} 27 How are the mighty{H1368} fallen,{H5307} And the weapons{H3627} of war{H4421} perished!{H6}
  • Ezek 19:14 : 14 And fire{H784} is gone out{H3318} of the rods{H4294} of its branches,{H905} it hath devoured{H398} its fruit,{H6529} so that there is in it no strong{H5797} rod{H4294} to be a sceptre{H7626} to rule.{H4910} This is a lamentation,{H7015} and shall be for a lamentation.{H7015}
  • Ezek 27:2-9 : 2 And thou, son{H1121} of man,{H120} take up{H5375} a lamentation{H7015} over Tyre;{H6865} 3 and say{H559} unto Tyre,{H6865} O thou that dwellest{H3427} at the entry{H3997} of the sea,{H3220} that art the merchant{H7402} of the peoples{H5971} unto many{H7227} isles,{H339} thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Thou, O Tyre,{H6865} hast said,{H559} I am perfect{H3632} in beauty.{H3308} 4 Thy borders{H1366} are in the heart{H3820} of the seas;{H3220} thy builders{H1129} have perfected{H3634} thy beauty.{H3308} 5 They have made{H1129} all thy planks{H3871} of fir-trees{H1265} from Senir;{H8149} they have taken{H3947} a cedar{H730} from Lebanon{H3844} to make{H6213} a mast{H8650} for thee. 6 Of the oaks{H437} of Bashan{H1316} have they made{H6213} thine oars;{H4880} they have made{H6213} thy benches{H7175} of ivory{H8127} inlaid{H1323} in boxwood,{H839} from the isles{H339} of Kittim.{H3794} 7 Of{H4666} fine linen{H8336} with broidered work{H7553} from Egypt{H4714} was thy sail,{H5251} that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue{H8504} and purple{H713} from the isles{H339} of Elishah{H473} was thine awning.{H4374} 8 The inhabitants{H3427} of Sidon{H6721} and Arvad{H719} were thy rowers:{H7751} thy wise{H2450} men, O Tyre,{H6865} were in thee, they were thy pilots.{H2259} 9 The old{H2205} men of Gebal{H1380} and the wise{H2450} men thereof were in thee thy calkers:{H919} all the ships{H591} of the sea{H3220} with their mariners{H4419} were in thee to deal{H6148} in thy merchandise.{H4627} 10 Persia{H6539} and Lud{H3865} and Put{H6316} were in thine army,{H2428} thy men{H582} of war:{H4421} they hanged{H8518} the shield{H4043} and helmet{H3553} in thee; they set forth{H5414} thy comeliness.{H1926} 11 The men{H1121} of Arvad{H719} with thine army{H2428} were upon thy walls{H2346} round about,{H5439} and valorous{H1575} men were in thy towers;{H4026} they hanged{H8518} their shields{H7982} upon thy walls{H2346} round about;{H5439} they have{H3634} perfected{H3634} thy beauty.{H3308} 12 Tarshish{H8659} was thy merchant{H5503} by reason of the multitude{H7230} of all kinds of riches;{H1952} with silver,{H3701} iron,{H1270} tin,{H913} and lead,{H5777} they traded{H5414} for thy wares.{H5801} 13 Javan,{H3120} Tubal,{H8422} and Meshech,{H4902} they were thy traffickers;{H7402} they traded{H5414} the persons{H5315} of men{H120} and vessels{H3627} of brass{H5178} for thy merchandise.{H4627} 14 They of the house{H1004} of Togarmah{H8425} traded{H5414} for thy wares with horses{H5483} and war-horses{H6571} and mules.{H6505} 15 The men{H1121} of Dedan{H1719} were thy traffickers;{H7402} many{H7227} isles{H339} were the mart{H5506} of thy hand:{H3027} they brought{H7725} thee in exchange{H814} horns{H7161} of ivory{H8127} and ebony.{H1894} 16 Syria{H758} was thy merchant{H5503} by reason of the multitude{H7230} of thy handiworks:{H4639} they traded{H5414} for thy wares{H5801} with emeralds,{H5306} purple,{H713} and broidered work,{H7553} and fine linen,{H948} and coral,{H7215} and rubies.{H3539} 17 Judah,{H3063} and the land{H776} of Israel,{H3478} they were thy traffickers:{H7402} they traded{H5414} for thy merchandise{H4627} wheat{H2406} of Minnith,{H4511} and pannag,{H6436} and honey,{H1706} and oil,{H8081} and balm.{H6875} 18 Damascus{H1834} was thy merchant{H5503} for the multitude{H7230} of thy handiworks,{H4639} by reason of the multitude{H7230} of all kinds of riches,{H1952} with the wine{H3196} of Helbon,{H2463} and white{H6713} wool.{H6785} 19 Vedan{H2051} and Javan{H3120} traded{H235} with yarn for{H5414} thy wares:{H5801} bright{H6219} iron,{H1270} cassia,{H6916} and calamus,{H7070} were among thy merchandise.{H4627} 20 Dedan{H1719} was thy trafficker{H7402} in precious{H2667} cloths{H899} for riding.{H7396} 21 Arabia,{H6152} and all the princes{H5387} of Kedar,{H6938} they were the merchants{H5503} of thy hand;{H3027} in lambs,{H3733} and rams,{H352} and goats,{H6260} in these were they thy merchants.{H5503} 22 The traffickers{H7402} of Sheba{H7614} and Raamah,{H7484} they were thy traffickers;{H7402} they traded{H5414} for thy wares{H5801} with the chief{H7218} of all spices,{H1314} and with all precious{H3368} stones,{H68} and gold.{H2091} 23 Haran{H2771} and Canneh{H3656} and Eden,{H5729} the traffickers{H7402} of Sheba,{H7614} Asshur{H804} [and] Chilmad,{H3638} were thy traffickers.{H7402} 24 These were thy traffickers{H7402} in choice{H4360} wares, in wrappings{H1545} of blue{H8504} and broidered work,{H7553} and in chests{H1595} of rich apparel,{H1264} bound{H2280} with cords{H2256} and made of cedar,{H729} among thy merchandise.{H4819} 25 The ships{H591} of Tarshish{H8659} were thy caravans{H7788} for thy merchandise:{H4627} and thou wast replenished,{H4390} and made very{H3966} glorious{H3513} in the heart{H3820} of the seas.{H3220} 26 Thy rowers{H7751} have brought{H935} thee into great{H7227} waters:{H4325} the east{H6921} wind{H7307} hath broken{H7665} thee in the heart{H3820} of the seas.{H3220} 27 Thy riches,{H1952} and thy wares,{H5801} thy merchandise,{H4627} thy mariners,{H4419} and thy pilots,{H2259} thy calkers,{H919} and the dealers{H6148} in thy merchandise,{H4627} and all thy men{H582} of war,{H4421} that are in thee, with all thy company{H6951} which is in the midst{H8432} of thee, shall fall{H5307} into the heart{H3820} of the seas{H3220} in the day{H3117} of thy ruin.{H4658} 28 At the sound{H6963} of the cry{H2201} of thy pilots{H2259} the suburbs{H4054} shall shake.{H7493} 29 And all that handled{H8610} the oar,{H4880} the mariners,{H4419} [and] all the pilots{H2259} of the sea,{H3220} shall come down{H3381} from their ships;{H591} they shall stand{H5975} upon the land,{H776} 30 and shall cause their voice{H6963} to be heard{H8085} over thee, and shall cry{H2199} bitterly,{H4751} and shall cast up{H5927} dust{H6083} upon their heads,{H7218} they shall wallow{H6428} themselves in the ashes:{H665} 31 and they shall make{H7144} themselves bald{H7139} for thee, and gird{H2296} them with sackcloth,{H8242} and they shall weep{H1058} for thee in bitterness{H4751} of soul{H5315} with bitter{H4751} mourning.{H4553} 32 And in their wailing{H5204} they shall take up{H5375} a lamentation{H7015} for thee, and lament{H6969} over thee, [saying], Who is there like Tyre,{H6865} like her that is brought to silence{H1822} in the midst{H8432} of the sea?{H3220} 33 When thy wares{H5801} went forth{H3318} out of the seas,{H3220} thou filledst{H7646} many{H7227} peoples;{H5971} thou didst enrich{H6238} the kings{H4428} of the earth{H776} with the multitude{H7230} of thy riches{H1952} and of thy merchandise.{H4627} 34 In the time{H6256} that thou wast broken{H7665} by the seas{H3220} in the depths{H4615} of the waters,{H4325} thy merchandise{H4627} and all thy company{H6951} did fall{H5307} in the midst{H8432} of thee. 35 All the inhabitants{H3427} of the isles{H339} are astonished{H8074} at thee, and their kings{H4428} are horribly{H8178} afraid;{H8175} they are troubled{H7481} in their countenance.{H6440} 36 The merchants{H5503} among the peoples{H5971} hiss{H8319} at thee; thou art become a terror,{H1091} and thou shalt nevermore{H5704} have any being.
  • Isa 23:4 : 4 Be thou ashamed,{H954} O Sidon;{H6721} for the sea{H3220} hath spoken,{H559} the stronghold{H4581} of the sea,{H3220} saying,{H559} I have not travailed,{H2342} nor brought forth,{H3205} neither have I nourished{H1431} young men,{H970} nor brought up{H1431} virgins.{H1330}
  • Ezek 32:2 : 2 Son{H1121} of man,{H120} take up{H5375} a lamentation{H7015} over Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt,{H4714} and say{H559} unto him, Thou wast likened{H1819} unto a young lion{H3715} of the nations:{H1471} yet art thou as a monster{H8577} in the seas;{H3220} and thou didst break forth{H1518} with thy rivers,{H5104} and troubledst{H1804} the waters{H4325} with thy feet,{H7272} and fouledst{H7515} their rivers.{H5104}
  • Ezek 32:16 : 16 This is the lamentation{H7015} wherewith they shall lament;{H6969} the daughters{H1323} of the nations{H1471} shall lament{H6969} therewith; over Egypt,{H4714} and over all her multitude,{H1995} shall they lament{H6969} therewith, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}
  • Rev 18:9-9 : 9 And{G2532} the kings{G935} of the earth,{G1093} who{G3588} committed fornication{G4203} and{G2532} lived wantonly{G4763} with{G3326} her,{G846} shall weep{G2799} {G846} and{G2532} wail{G2875} over{G1909} her,{G846} when{G3752} they look{G991} upon the smoke{G2586} of her{G846} burning,{G4451} 10 standing{G2476} afar{G3113} off{G575} for{G1223} the fear{G5401} of her{G846} torment,{G929} saying,{G3004} Woe,{G3759} woe,{G3759} the{G3588} great{G3173} city,{G4172} Babylon,{G897} the strong{G2478} city!{G4172} for{G3754} in{G1722} one{G1520} hour{G5610} is thy{G4675} judgment{G2920} come.{G2064}
  • Rev 18:16-19 : 16 {G2532} saying,{G3004} Woe,{G3759} woe,{G3759} the great{G3173} city,{G4172} she that was arrayed{G4016} in fine linen{G1039} and{G2532} purple{G4210} and{G2532} scarlet,{G2847} and{G2532} decked{G5558} with{G1722} gold{G5557} and{G2532} precious{G5093} stone{G3037} and{G2532} pearl!{G3135} 17 for{G3754} in an{G1520} hour{G5610} so great{G5118} riches{G4149} is made desolate.{G2049} And{G2532} every{G3956} shipmaster,{G2942} and{G2532} every{G3956} one{G3658} that{G1909} saileth{G4143} any whither, and{G2532} mariners,{G3492} and{G2532} as many as{G3745} gain{G2038} their living by sea,{G2281} stood{G2476} afar{G3113} off,{G575} 18 and{G2532} cried{G2896} out as they looked{G3708} upon the smoke{G2586} of her{G846} burning,{G4451} saying,{G3004} What{G5101} [city] is like{G3664} the great{G3173} city?{G4172} 19 And{G2532} they cast{G906} dust{G5522} on{G1909} their{G846} heads,{G2776} and{G2532} cried,{G2896} weeping{G2799} and{G2532} mourning,{G3996} saying,{G3004} Woe,{G3759} woe,{G3759} the{G3739} great{G3173} city,{G4172} wherein{G1722} all{G3956} that{G3739} had{G2192} their ships{G4143} in{G1722} the sea{G2281} were made rich by reason of{G1537} her{G846} costliness!{G5094} for{G3754} in one{G1520} hour{G5610} is she made desolate.{G2049}
  • Josh 19:29 : 29 and the border{H1366} turned{H7725} to Ramah,{H7414} and to the fortified{H4013} city{H5892} of Tyre;{H6865} and the border{H1366} turned{H7725} to Hosah;{H2621} and the goings{H8444} out thereof were at the sea{H3220} by the region{H2256} of Achzib;{H392}
  • 2 Sam 1:19 : 19 Thy glory,{H6643} O Israel,{H3478} is slain{H2491} upon thy high places!{H1116} How are the mighty{H1368} fallen!{H5307}
  • Joel 1:18 : 18 How do the beasts{H929} groan!{H584} the herds{H5739} of cattle{H1241} are perplexed,{H943} because they have no pasture;{H4829} yea, the flocks{H5739} of sheep{H6629} are made desolate.{H816}
  • Obad 1:5 : 5 If thieves{H1590} came{H935} to thee, if robbers{H7703} by night{H3915} (how art thou cut off!),{H1820} would they not steal{H1589} [only] till they had enough?{H1767} if grape-gatherers{H1219} came{H935} to thee, would they not leave{H7604} some gleaning grapes?{H5955}
  • Mic 2:4 : 4 In that day{H3117} shall they take up{H5375} a parable{H4912} against you, and lament{H5091} with a doleful{H5093} lamentation,{H5092} [and] say,{H559} We are utterly{H7703} ruined:{H7703} he changeth{H4171} the portion{H2506} of my people:{H5971} how doth he remove{H4185} [it] from me! to the rebellious{H7725} he divideth{H2505} our fields.{H7704}
  • Zeph 2:15 : 15 This is the joyous{H5947} city{H5892} that dwelt{H3427} carelessly,{H983} that said{H559} in her heart,{H3824} I am, and there is none besides{H657} me: how is she become a desolation,{H8047} a place for beasts{H2416} to lie down in!{H4769} every one that passeth by{H5674} her shall hiss,{H8319} and wag{H5128} his hand.{H3027}
  • Isa 23:8 : 8 Who hath purposed{H3289} this against Tyre,{H6865} the bestower of crowns,{H5849} whose merchants{H5503} are princes,{H8269} whose traffickers{H3667} are the honorable{H3513} of the earth?{H776}
  • Jer 6:26 : 26 O daughter{H1323} of my people,{H5971} gird{H2296} thee with sackcloth,{H8242} and wallow{H6428} thyself in ashes:{H665} make{H6213} thee mourning,{H60} as for an only son,{H3173} most bitter{H8563} lamentation;{H4553} for the destroyer{H7703} shall suddenly{H6597} come{H935} upon us.
  • Jer 7:29 : 29 Cut off{H1494} thy hair,{H5145} [O Jerusalem], and cast it away,{H7993} and take up{H5375} a lamentation{H7015} on the bare heights;{H8205} for Jehovah{H3068} hath rejected{H3988} and forsaken{H5203} the generation{H1755} of his wrath.{H5678}
  • Jer 9:20 : 20 Yet hear{H8085} the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} O ye women,{H802} and let your ear{H241} receive{H3947} the word{H1697} of his mouth;{H6310} and teach{H3925} your daughters{H1323} wailing,{H5092} and every one{H802} her neighbor{H7468} lamentation.{H7015}
  • Lam 1:1 : 1 How doth the city{H5892} sit{H3427} solitary,{H910} that was full{H7227} of people!{H5971} She is become as a widow,{H490} that was great{H7227} among the nations!{H1471} She that was a princess{H8282} among the provinces{H4082} is become tributary!{H4522}
  • Ezek 28:2-9 : 2 Son{H1121} of man,{H120} say{H559} unto the prince{H5057} of Tyre,{H6865} Thus says{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Because your heart{H3820} is lifted up,{H1361} and you have said,{H559} I am a god,{H410} I sit{H3427} in the seat{H4186} of God,{H430} in the midst{H3820} of the seas;{H3220} yet you are man,{H120} and not God,{H410} though you did set{H5414} your heart{H3820} as the heart{H3820} of God;—{H430} 3 behold, you are wiser{H2450} than Daniel;{H1840} there is no secret{H5640} that is hidden{H5640} from you; 4 by your wisdom{H2451} and by your understanding{H8394} you have gotten{H6213} you riches,{H2428} and have gotten{H6213} gold{H2091} and silver{H3701} into your treasures;{H214} 5 by your great{H7230} wisdom{H2451} [and] by your traffic{H7404} have you increased{H7235} your riches,{H2428} and your heart{H3824} is lifted up{H1361} because of your riches;—{H2428} 6 therefore thus says{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Because you have set{H5414} your heart{H3820} as the heart{H3824} of God,{H430} 7 therefore, behold, I will bring{H935} strangers{H2114} upon you, the terrible{H6184} of the nations;{H1471} and they shall draw{H7324} their swords{H2719} against the beauty{H3308} of your wisdom,{H2451} and they shall defile{H2490} your brightness.{H3314} 8 They shall bring you down{H3381} to the pit;{H7845} and you shall die{H4191} the death{H4463} of them that are slain,{H2491} in the heart{H3820} of the seas.{H3220} 9 Will you yet{H559} say{H559} before{H6440} him that slays{H2026} you, I am God?{H430} but you are man,{H120} and not God,{H410} in the hand{H3027} of him that woundeth{H2490} you. 10 You shall die{H4191} the death{H4194} of the uncircumcised{H6189} by the hand{H3027} of strangers:{H2114} for I have spoken{H1696} it, says{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}
  • Ezek 28:12-19 : 12 Son{H1121} of man,{H120} take up{H5375} a lamentation{H7015} over the king{H4428} of Tyre,{H6865} and say{H559} unto him, Thus says{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} You sealest up{H2856} the sum,{H8508} full{H4392} of wisdom,{H2451} and perfect{H3632} in beauty.{H3308} 13 You were in Eden,{H5731} the garden{H1588} of God;{H430} every precious{H3368} stone{H68} was your covering,{H4540} the sardius,{H124} the topaz,{H6357} and the diamond,{H3095} the beryl,{H8658} the onyx,{H7718} and the jasper,{H3471} the sapphire,{H5601} the emerald,{H5306} and the carbuncle,{H1304} and gold:{H2091} the workmanship{H4399} of your tabrets{H8596} and of your pipes{H5345} was in you; in the day{H3117} that you were created{H1254} they were prepared.{H3559} 14 You were the anointed{H4473} cherub{H3742} that covers:{H5526} and I set{H5414} you, [so that] you were upon the holy{H6944} mountain{H2022} of God;{H430} you have walked up and down{H1980} in the midst{H8432} of the stones{H68} of fire.{H784} 15 You were perfect{H8549} in your ways{H1870} from the day{H3117} that you were created,{H1254} until unrighteousness{H5766} was found{H4672} in you. 16 By the abundance{H7230} of your traffic{H7404} they filled{H4390} the midst{H8432} of you with violence,{H2555} and you have sinned:{H2398} therefore have I cast you as profane{H2490} out of the mountain{H2022} of God;{H430} and I have destroyed{H6} you, O covering{H5526} cherub,{H3742} from the midst{H8432} of the stones{H68} of fire.{H784} 17 Your heart{H3820} was lifted up{H1361} because of your beauty;{H3308} you have corrupted{H7843} your wisdom{H2451} by reason of{H5921} your brightness:{H3314} I have cast{H7993} you to the ground;{H776} I have laid{H5414} you before{H6440} kings,{H4428} that they may behold{H7200} you. 18 By the multitude{H7230} of your iniquities,{H5771} in the unrighteousness{H5766} of your traffic,{H7404} you have profaned{H2490} your sanctuaries;{H4720} therefore have I brought forth{H3318} a fire{H784} from the midst{H8432} of you; it has devoured{H398} you, and I have turned{H5414} you to ashes{H665} upon the earth{H776} in the sight{H5869} of all them that behold{H7200} you. 19 All they that know{H3045} you among the peoples{H5971} shall be astonished{H8074} at you: you are become a terror,{H1091} and you shall{H369} nevermore{H5704} have any being.