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30     mourning for you.
They show their sorrow
by putting dust on their heads
    and rolling in ashes;
31 they shave their heads
and dress in sackcloth[a]
    as they cry in despair.
32 In their grief they sing
    a funeral song for you:
“Tyre, you were greater
    than all other cities.
But now you lie in silence
    at the bottom of the sea.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 27.31 sackcloth: See the note at 7.18.
  2. 27.32 Tyre, you were greater … the bottom of the sea: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

30 They will raise their voice
    and cry bitterly over you;
they will sprinkle dust(A) on their heads
    and roll(B) in ashes.(C)
31 They will shave their heads(D) because of you
    and will put on sackcloth.
They will weep(E) over you with anguish of soul
    and with bitter mourning.(F)
32 As they wail and mourn over you,
    they will take up a lament(G) concerning you:
“Who was ever silenced like Tyre,
    surrounded by the sea?(H)

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