32 In their wailing for you
They will (A)take up a lamentation,
And lament for you:
(B)‘What city is like Tyre,
Destroyed in the midst of the sea?

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32 As they wail and mourn over you,
    they will take up a lament(A) concerning you:
“Who was ever silenced like Tyre,
    surrounded by the sea?(B)

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17 And they will take up a (A)lamentation for you, and say to you:

“How you have perished,
O one inhabited by seafaring men,
O renowned city,
Who was (B)strong at sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!

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17 Then they will take up a lament(A) concerning you and say to you:

“‘How you are destroyed, city of renown,
    peopled by men of the sea!
You were a power on the seas,
    you and your citizens;
you put your terror
    on all who lived there.(B)

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18 (A)and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, (B)‘What is like this great city?’

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18 When they see the smoke of her burning,(A) they will exclaim, ‘Was there ever a city like this great city(B)?’(C)

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“Now, son of man, (A)take up a lamentation for Tyre,

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“Son of man, take up a lament(A) concerning Tyre.

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26 Your oarsmen brought you into many waters,
But (A)the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas.

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26 Your oarsmen take you
    out to the high seas.
But the east wind(A) will break you to pieces
    far out at sea.

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And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and (A)make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for spreading nets (B)in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ says the Lord God; ‘it shall become plunder for the nations.

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They will destroy(A) the walls of Tyre(B) and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. Out in the sea(C) she will become a place to spread fishnets,(D) for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She will become plunder(E) for the nations,(F)

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13 How shall I (A)console[a] you?
To what shall I liken you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
For your ruin is spread wide as the sea;
Who can heal you?

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:13 Or bear witness to

13 What can I say for you?(A)
    With what can I compare you,
    Daughter(B) Jerusalem?
To what can I liken you,
    that I may comfort you,
    Virgin Daughter Zion?(C)
Your wound is as deep as the sea.(D)
    Who can heal you?

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12 Is it nothing to you, all you who [a]pass by?
Behold and see
(A)If there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
Which has been brought on me,
Which the Lord has inflicted
In the day of His fierce anger.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:12 Lit. pass by this way

12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?(A)
    Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering(B)
    that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
    in the day of his fierce anger?(C)

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