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A Lament for Tyre

Ezekiel 27:2

In 11 translations

BSB
“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.
KJV
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
WEB
“You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
ASV
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
LSV
“And you, son of man, lift up a lamentation concerning Tyre, and you have said to Tyre:
YLT
'And thou, son of man, lift up concerning Tyre a lamentation, and thou hast said to Tyre:
DBY
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
DRC
Thou therefore, O son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre:
GNV
Sonne of man, take vp a lametation for Tyrus,
JPS
'And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
LXXE
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation against Sor;

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֔ם שָׂ֥א עַל־צֹ֖ר קִינָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ σὺ υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου λάβε ἐπὶ Σὸρ θρῆνον,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 19:1“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
  • Ezekiel 28:12“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
  • Jeremiah 9:10I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and…
  • Jeremiah 9:17–20This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our…
  • 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 27:32As 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?
  • Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet…
  • Amos 5:1Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
  • Amos 5:16Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners…
  • Jeremiah 7:20Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.

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