Ezekiel 27:2 ““Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.”

Ezekiel 27:2

“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

World English Bible

“You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

American Standard Version

And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

Geneva Bible 1599

Sonne of man, take vp a lametation for Tyrus,

Darby Translation

And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,

Young's Literal Translation

'And thou, son of man, lift up concerning Tyre a lamentation, and thou hast said to Tyre:

Bible in Basic English

And you, son of man, make a song of grief for Tyre;

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Cross references

Jeremiah 9:17–20 Jeremiah 9:10 Ezekiel 19:1 Ezekiel 28:12 Amos 5:1 Amos 5:16

Jeremiah 9:17–20 · BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.

Jeremiah 9:10 · BSB

I 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 the…

Ezekiel 19:1 · BSB

“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel

Ezekiel 28:12 · BSB

“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.

Amos 5:1 · BSB

Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:

Amos 5:16 · BSB

Therefore 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 to…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

3Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

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