Ezekiel 27:31-32

27:31 they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth,

and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning. ¹ 

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

“Who was like Tyre, like a tower ²  in the midst of the sea?”

[27:31]  ¹ tn Heb “and they will weep concerning you with bitterness of soul, (with) bitter mourning.”

[27:32]  ² 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.