Ezekiel 27:32
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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?”
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“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?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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?”
King James Version · Public Domain“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?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And lifted up for thee have their sons a lamentation, And they have lamented over thee, who <FI>is<Fi> as Tyre? As the cut-off one in the midst of the sea?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 27:32 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Lamentations 1:12Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
- Lamentations 2:13What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
- Ezekiel 26:4They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.
- Ezekiel 26:17Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men— she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!
- Ezekiel 27:2“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.
- Ezekiel 27:26Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
- Revelation 18:18and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim.
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