“Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a song of mourning for you And sing a song of mourning over you: ‘Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?
Parallel translations
- WEB In their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, Who is there like Tyre, like her who is brought to silence in the middle of the sea?
- KJV 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?
- BSB 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?
- NKJV In their wailing for you They will take up a lamentation, And lament for you: ‘What city is like Tyre, Destroyed in the midst of the sea?
- NLT As they wail and mourn over you, they sing this sad funeral song: ‘Was there ever such a city as Tyre, now silent at the bottom of the sea?
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In their wailing they ask, 'Who is like Tyre, brought to silence in the sea?' It crowns the lament with astonishment at her fall.
Overview
The rhetorical question 'Who is there like Tyre?' once expressed her unrivaled glory; now it marks the wonder of her unparalleled ruin. The once-bustling city is 'brought to silence' in the depths. This reversal of a boast into a dirge powerfully illustrates how God humbles the proud and silences every rival to His glory.
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Cross-references · 7
- Ezek 26:17They shall take up a lamentation over you, and tell you, How you are destroyed, who were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, who was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all who lived there!
- Ezek 27:2You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
- Rev 18:18and cried out as they looked at the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like the great city?’
- Lam 2:13What shall I testify to you? what shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is great like the sea: who can heal you?
- Ezek 26:4–5They shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
- Lam 1:12“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought on me, with which Yahweh has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
- Ezek 27:26Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.
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