Ezekiel 27:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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?

They shall take up a lamentation for thee - lift up.

What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed? - a destroyed one; literally (as opposed to its previous bustle of thronging merchants and mariners, Ezekiel 27:27), 'one brought to (death's) stillness' х dumaah (H1822), from daamaah (H1820)].

In the midst of the sea - insular Tyre.

Ezekiel 27:32

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?