Ezekiel 27 - Introduction

Dirge over the Downfall of Tyre

The lament represents Tyre under the figure of a gallant, richly-laden ship, steered by her pilots into dangerous waters and suffering shipwreck. The passage has three main divisions:

(1) Ezekiel 27:1. The ship, her timbers, furnishings and manning.

(2) Ezekiel 27:12. The wares and merchandise with which the nations lade her.

(3) Ezekiel 27:26. Her shipwreck: consternation of seafaring men (Ezekiel 27:26); their lament over her (Ezekiel 27:32).