Eze 27:1 | KingComments | STEP | The LORD is not yet finished with Tyre. As a result of the pride and complacency of Tyre and the fall that follows, Ezekiel is to take up a lamentation over Tyre. This lamentation is followed up in Ezekiel 28 with the lamentation over the king of Tyre. The word of the LORD comes to Ezekiel ( ). He is commanded to take up a lamentation over Tyre ( ). That instead of a jubilation a lamentation over the fall of Tyre is to be heard shows that God is not pleased with the death of the sinner. Ezekiel is to tell Tyre what the occasion for this lamentation is ( ). First He mentions the place of settlement and then her occupations. Her place is very strategic and her occupations are in keeping with it. Tyre is the center of world trade in those days. The location and occupations of Tyre serve only one thing and that is the honor and glory of Tyre herself. Full of haughtiness, she beats her breast and boasts of being “perfect in beauty” (cf. ). She moderates attributes that God bestows on Jerusalem ( ; ). Where bystanders say of Jerusalem that she is “the perfection of beauty” ( ), Tyre says this about herself. Therefore, God must judge Tyre, for “God is opposed to the proud” ( ).

‏ Ezekiel 27:1

Introduction

The LORD is not yet finished with Tyre. As a result of the pride and complacency of Tyre and the fall that follows, Ezekiel is to take up a lamentation over Tyre. This lamentation is followed up in Ezekiel 28 with the lamentation over the king of Tyre.

The Haughtiness of Tyre

The word of the LORD comes to Ezekiel (Eze 27:1). He is commanded to take up a lamentation over Tyre (Eze 27:2). That instead of a jubilation a lamentation over the fall of Tyre is to be heard shows that God is not pleased with the death of the sinner. Ezekiel is to tell Tyre what the occasion for this lamentation is (Eze 27:3). First He mentions the place of settlement and then her occupations. Her place is very strategic and her occupations are in keeping with it. Tyre is the center of world trade in those days.

The location and occupations of Tyre serve only one thing and that is the honor and glory of Tyre herself. Full of haughtiness, she beats her breast and boasts of being “perfect in beauty” (cf. Eze 27:3 ; 4 ; 11 ; Eze 28:7 ; 12 ; 17). She moderates attributes that God bestows on Jerusalem (Psa 48:1-2 ; Psa 50:2; Eze 16:14). Where bystanders say of Jerusalem that she is “the perfection of beauty” (Lam 2:15), Tyre says this about herself. Therefore, God must judge Tyre, for “God is opposed to the proud” (Jam 4:6).