King James Version
Ezekiel 27:2 in the King James Version says “Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;”
Ezekiel 27:2 · King James Version
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty. of perfect: Heb. perfect of beauty
Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. midst: Heb. heart
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“Now thou son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“take up”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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