Ezekiel 19:1

Lament for the Princes of Israel

19:1 “And you, sing ¹  a lament for the princes of Israel,

Ezekiel 19:14

19:14 A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit. ² 

No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.’

This is a lament song, and has become a lament song.”

Ezekiel 27:2

27:2 “You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre. ³ 

Ezekiel 2:10

2:10 He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front ⁴  and back; ⁵  written on it were laments, mourning, and woe.

Ezekiel 27:32

27:32 As they wail they will lament over you, chanting:

“Who was like Tyre, like a tower ⁶  in the midst of the sea?”

Ezekiel 32:16

32:16 This is a lament; they will chant it.

The daughters of the nations will chant it.

They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes,

declares the sovereign Lord.”

Ezekiel 26:17

26:17 They will sing this lament over you: ⁷ 

“‘How you have perished – you have vanished ⁸  from the seas,

O renowned city, once mighty in the sea,

she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror! ⁹ 

Ezekiel 28:12

28:12 “Son of man, sing ¹⁰  a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘You were the sealer ¹¹  of perfection,

full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

Ezekiel 32:2

32:2 “Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:

“‘You were like a lion ¹²  among the nations,

but you are a monster in the seas;

you thrash about in your streams,

stir up the water with your feet,

and muddy your ¹³  streams.

[19:1]  ¹ tn Heb “lift up.”

[19:14]  ² tn The verse describes the similar situation recorded in Judg 9:20.

[27:2]  ³ tn Heb “lift up over Tyre a lament.”

[2:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “on the face.”

[2:10]  ⁵ sn Written on the front and back. While it was common for papyrus scrolls to have writing on both sides the same was not true for leather scrolls.

[27:32]  ⁵ tn As it stands, the meaning of the Hebrew text is unclear. The translation follows the suggestion of M. Dahood, “Accadian-Ugaritic dmt in Ezekiel 27:32,” Bib 45 (1964): 83-84. Several other explanations and emendations have been offered. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:83, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:85-86, for a list of options.

[26:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they will lift up over you a lament and they will say to you.”

[26:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “O inhabitant.” The translation follows the LXX and understands a different Hebrew verb, meaning “cease,” behind the consonantal text. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 2:72, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:43.

[26:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “she and her inhabitants who placed their terror to all her inhabitants.” The relationship of the final prepositional phrase to what precedes is unclear. The preposition probably has a specifying function here, drawing attention to Tyre’s inhabitants as the source of the terror mentioned prior to this. In this case, one might paraphrase verse 17b: “she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror; yes, her inhabitants (were the source of this terror).”

[28:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “lift up.”

[28:12]  ⁸ tn For a discussion of possible nuances of this phrase, see M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:580-81.

[32:2]  ⁸ tn The lion was a figure of royalty (Ezek 19:1-9).

[32:2]  ⁹ tc The Hebrew reads “their streams”; the LXX reads “your streams.”