Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they shall take up a mournful song for thee, and shall lament thee: What city is like Tyre, which is become silent in the midst of the sea? take up Ezekiel 27:2 Thou therefore, O son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre: Ezekiel 26:17 And taking up a lamentation over thee, they shall say to thee: How art thou fallen, that dwellest in the sea, renowned city that wast strong in the sea, with thy inhabitants whom all did dread? What city Lamentations 1:12 Lamed. O all ye that pass by the way, attend, and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow: for he hath made a vintage of me, as the Lord spoke in the day of his fierce anger. Lamentations 2:13 Mem. To what shall I compare thee? or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for great as the sea is thy destruction: who shall heal thee? Revelation 18:18 And cried, seeing the place of her burning, saying: What city is like to this great city? the destroyed Ezekiel 27:26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the south wind hath broken thee in the heart of the sea. Ezekiel 26:4,5 And they shall break down the walls of Tyre, and destroy the towers thereof: and I will scrape her dust from her, and make her like a smooth rock. . . . Context A Lament for Tyre…31And they shall shave themselves bald for thee, and shall be girded with haircloth: and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of soul, with most bitter weeping. 32And they shall take up a mournful song for thee, and shall lament thee: What city is like Tyre, which is become silent in the midst of the sea?33Which by thy merchandise that went from thee by sea didst fill many people: which by the multitude of thy riches, and of thy people didst enrich the kings of the earth.… Cross References Revelation 18:18 And cried, seeing the place of her burning, saying: What city is like to this great city? Ezekiel 26:12 They shall waste thy riches, they shall make a spoil of thy merchandise: and they shall destroy thy walls, and pull down thy fine houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber, and thy dust in the midst of the waters. Ezekiel 26:17 And taking up a lamentation over thee, they shall say to thee: How art thou fallen, that dwellest in the sea, renowned city that wast strong in the sea, with thy inhabitants whom all did dread? Ezekiel 27:2 Thou therefore, O son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre: Ezekiel 28:12 And say to him: Thus saith the Lord God: Thou wast the seal of resemblance, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Lexicon As they wailבְּנִיהֶם֙ (bə·nî·hem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5204: Lamentation and mourn וְקוֹנְנ֖וּ (wə·qō·wn·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 6969: To strike a, musical note, chant, wail over you, עָלָ֑יִךְ (‘ā·lā·yiḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against they will take up וְנָשְׂא֨וּ (wə·nā·śə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take a lament קִינָ֔ה (qî·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7015: An elegy, dirge for you: אֵלַ֤יִךְ (’ê·la·yiḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to Who מִ֣י (mî) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix was ever like Tyre, כְצ֔וֹר (ḵə·ṣō·wr) Preposition-k | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6865: Tyre -- a Phoenician city silenced כְּדֻמָ֖ה (kə·ḏu·māh) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1822: One silenced or brought to silence in the middle בְּת֥וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre of the sea? הַיָּֽם׃ (hay·yām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin Additional Translations 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?And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the middle of the sea? 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? And their sons shall take up a lament for thee, even a lamentation for Sor, saying, And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, [saying,] Who is like Tyre, like her that is destroyed in the midst of the sea? 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? And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyre, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? 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 midst of the sea? And lifted up for thee have their sons a lamentation, And they have lamented over thee, who is as Tyre? As the cut-off one in the midst of the sea? 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