John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 27:32

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And in their wailing they shall takes up a lamentation for thee, &c.] A mournful song, such as was used at funerals, or in times of calamity; and so the Vulgate Latin version renders it: and lament over thee; saying the following ditty; what city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? as there was none like it a few years ago for riches, splendour, and glory, so now there is none like it for misery and ruin; (see <661818>Revelation 18:18). The Targum is, “who is as Tyre? there is none like unto her in the midst of the sea;” she is not now Tyre the renowned, but Tyre the destroyed; destroyed in the midst of the sea, from whence she had her riches and her glory: or, “as one dumb or silent in the midst of the sea”; she, in whom was heard the voice of joy and singing, is now mute, and nothing more of that kind is heard in her (see <661822>Revelation 18:22).

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