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Ezekiel 27:30

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They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

KJV

And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

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This verse in Ezekiel 27

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Shall cry bitterly - All that were on the land, seeing this dreadful sight, a gallant ship perishing with all her men and goods, are represented as setting up a dismal cry at this heart-rending sight. But what must they have felt who were on board? Reader, wert thou ever shipwrecked? Wert thou ever in a hurricane on a lee rocky shore, where the helm had lost its power, and the sails were rendered useless? Dost thou remember that apparently last moment, when the ship drove up to the tremendous rocks, riding on the back of a mountainous surge?

This site's exposition

The countryside will shake

on Ezekiel 27:28-32

The mariners and pilots come down from their ships, casting dust on their heads. Commentators have long noted how closely Revelation 18 echoes this scene in its own lament over Babylon's fall. Henry reads the parallel as evidence that John drew on Ezekiel's dirge for the shape of his own.

This site's exposition

throw dust on their heads

Dust on the head was a sign of grief and humiliation, as Job's friends showed in Job 2:12. Rolling in ashes went further, the mourner lying down in the ash heap. Jeremiah 6:26 calls Judah to the same rite.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. 25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. The prophet is ordered to take up a lamentation for Tyrus,

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And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee,....

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהִשְׁמִ֤יעוּand they will make heard

    vehishmiuH8085 →1159 times

  • עָלַ֙יִךְ֙on you

    ʾalayikhH5921 →5755 times

  • בְּקוֹלָ֔ם<in> voice their

    bekolamH6963 →506 times

  • וְיִזְעֲק֖וּso they may cry out

    veyizakuH2199 →73 times

  • מָרָ֑הbitter

    marahH4751 →37 times

  • וְיַעֲל֤וּso they may bring up

    veyaaluH5927 →890 times

  • עָֽפָר֙dust

    ʾafarH6083 →110 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • רָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔םheads their

    rasheihemH7218 →599 times

  • בָּאֵ֖פֶרin <the> ash[es]

    baeferH665 →

  • יִתְפַּלָּֽשׁוּ׃they will roll

    yitpalashuH6428 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

16 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Job 2:12When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.6 worksJob 2:8And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.6 worksRevelation 18:19Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”6 worksJeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.5 worksLamentations 2:10The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.4 works2 Samuel 1:2On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.4 works
The other 10 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 26:17Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!3 worksIsaiah 23:1–6This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.3 worksJonah 3:6When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.3 works1 Samuel 4:12That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.3 worksJeremiah 25:34Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.2 worksMicah 1:10Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.2 worksRevelation 18:9–19Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.2 worksEzekiel 27:31–32They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.2 worksEsther 4:1–4When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.2 worksJob 42:6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 1:2

    On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 4:12

      That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

    • 2 Samuel 4:10

      when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!

  • Through

    Lamentations 2:10

    The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 3:26

      And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

    • Isaiah 15:3

      In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 26:17

    Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 14:12

      How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.

    • Ezekiel 19:1

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

  • Through

    Jeremiah 6:26

    O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 4:8

      So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

    • Zechariah 12:10

      Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They…

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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