Ezekiel 27:31

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“They will make themselves bald for you, and clothe themselves with sackcloth. They will weep for you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning.”

— WEB

“And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.”

— KJV

“and they shall make themselves bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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Ezekiel 7:18 "They will also clothe themselves with sackcloth, and horror will cover them. Shame will be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads."
Isaiah 22:12 "In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth:"
Isaiah 16:9 "Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I will water you with my tears, Heshbon, and Elealeh: for on your…"
Isaiah 15:2 "They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Baldness is on all of their…"
Isaiah 22:4 "Therefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people."
Jeremiah 48:37 "For every head is bald, and every beard clipped. There are cuttings on all the hands, and sackcloth on the waist."
Leviticus 21:5 "“‘They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh."
Jeremiah 47:5 "Baldness has come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?"

Commentary

utterly bald--literally, "bald with baldness." The PhÅ“nician custom in mourning; which, as being connected with heathenish superstitions, was forbidden to Israel (Deu 14:1). take up--lift up. the destroyed--a destroyed one. Literally, (as opposed to its previous bustle of thronging merchants and mariners, Eze 27:27), "one brought to death's stillness." in . . . midst of . . . sea--insular Tyre.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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