Ezekiel 27:2
“You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.
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- Jer 9:10 : 10 The Coming Destruction Calls For Mourning I said,“I will weep and mourn for the grasslands on the mountains, I will sing a mournful song for the pastures in the wilderness because they are so scorched no one travels through them. The sound of livestock is no longer heard there. Even the birds in the sky and the wild animals in the fields have fled and are gone.”
- Jer 9:17-20 : 17 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies told me to say to this people,“Take note of what I say. Call for the women who mourn for the dead! Summon those who are the most skilled at it!” 18 I said,“Indeed, let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water. 19 For the sound of wailing is soon to be heard in Zion,‘We are utterly ruined! We are completely disgraced! For we have left our land! For our houses have been torn down!’” 20 I said,“So now, you wailing women, listen to the LORD’s message. Open your ears to the message from his mouth. Teach your daughters this mournful song, and let every woman teach her neighbor this lament.
- Ezek 19:1 : 1 Lament for the Princes of Israel“And you, sing a lament for the princes of Israel,
- Ezek 28:12 : 12 “Son of man, sing a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘You were the sealer of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
- Ezek 32:2 : 2 “Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:“‘You were like a lion among the nations, but you are a monster in the seas; you thrash about in your streams, stir up the water with your feet, and muddy your streams.
- Amos 5:1 : 1 Death is Imminent Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, family of Israel:
- Amos 5:16 : 16 Because of Israel’s sins this is what the Lord, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, says:“In all the squares there will be wailing, in all the streets they will mourn the dead. They will tell the field workers to lament and the professional mourners to wail.
- Ezek 26:17 : 17 They 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!
- Ezek 27:32 : 32 As they wail they will lament over you, chanting:“Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?”
- Jer 7:20 : 20 So,” the Sovereign LORD says,“my raging fury will be poured out on this land. It will be poured out on human beings and animals, on trees and crops. And it will burn like a fire which cannot be extinguished.”
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- Ezek 27:3-42 verses85%
3Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance of the sea, merchant to the peoples on many coasts,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘O Tyre, you have said,“I am perfectly beautiful.”
4Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.
- Ezek 28:11-122 verses85%
11The LORD’s message came to me:
12“Son of man, sing a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘You were the sealer of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
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1A Lament for Tyre The LORD’s message came to me:
- Ezek 27:30-334 verses84%
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.
32As 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.
- Ezek 26:1-55 verses83%
1A Prophecy Against Tyre In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the LORD’s message came to me:
2“Son of man, because Tyre has said about Jerusalem,‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, now that she has been destroyed,’
3therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against you, O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
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.
5She will be a place where fishing nets are spread, surrounded by the sea. For I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD. She will become plunder for the nations,
- Ezek 26:14-185 verses79%
14I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place where fishing nets are spread. You will never be built again, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.
15“This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst!
16All the princes of the sea will vacate their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you.
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!
18Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.’
- Ezek 28:1-22 verses78%
1A Prophecy Against the King of Tyre The LORD’s message came to me:
2“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Your heart is proud and you said,“I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas”– yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike.
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1The Lord Will Judge Tyre This is an oracle about Tyre: Wail, you large ships, for the port is too devastated to enter! From the land of Cyprus this news is announced to them.
- Ezek 28:20-212 verses74%
20A Prophecy Against Sidon The LORD’s message came to me:
21“Son of man, turn toward Sidon and prophesy against it.
- Isa 23:5-62 verses74%
5When the news reaches Egypt, they will be shaken by what has happened to Tyre.
6Travel to Tarshish! Wail, you residents of the coast!
- Amos 1:9-102 verses74%
9This is what the LORD says:“Because Tyre has committed three crimes– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold a whole community to Edom; they failed to observe a treaty of brotherhood.
10So I will set fire to Tyre’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses.”
- Ezek 27:25-273 verses73%
25The ships of Tarshish were the transports for your merchandise.“‘So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas.
26Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.
27Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains, your ship’s carpenters, your merchants, and all your fighting men within you, along with all your crew who are in you, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.
- Ezek 21:1-22 verses73%
1The Sword of Judgment(21:6) The LORD’s message came to me:
2“Son of man, turn toward Jerusalem and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
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1Ominous Object Lessons“And you, son of man, take a brick and set it in front of you. Inscribe a city on it– Jerusalem.
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1The Sins of Jerusalem The LORD’s message came to me:
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9The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were within you, mending cracks; all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise.
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7“For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Take note that I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people.
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1A Lament Over Egypt The LORD’s message came to me:
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2“Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:“‘You were like a lion among the nations, but you are a monster in the seas; you thrash about in your streams, stir up the water with your feet, and muddy your streams.
- Isa 23:14-152 verses72%
14Wail, you large ships, for your fortress is destroyed!
15At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the typical life span of a king. At the end of seventy years Tyre will try to attract attention again, like the prostitute in the popular song:
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6“And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart and bitterness; groan before their eyes.
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8Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth?
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4Therefore, prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!”
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3Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!
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1Death is Imminent Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, family of Israel:
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17In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the LORD’s message came to me:
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7Fine linen from Egypt, woven with patterns, was used for your sail to serve as your banner; blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah was used for your deck’s awning.
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1Lament for the Princes of Israel“And you, sing a lament for the princes of Israel,
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18“Son of man, wail over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; bring her and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the Pit.