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Summary

And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?

The destroyed

General references

Bible References

What city

Lamentations 1:12
Lamed Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is come unto me because the LORD has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Lamentations 2:13
Mem What witness shall I take to thee? Or unto whom shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? Unto whom shall I compare thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is as great as the sea: who shall heal thee?
Revelation 18:18
and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city was like unto this great city!

The destroyed

Ezekiel 27:26
In many waters they overcame thy rowers; the east wind has broken thee in the midst of the seas.
Ezekiel 26:4
And they shall demolish the walls of Tyre and destroy her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her and make her like the top of a rock.

General references

Ezekiel 27:2
Now, thou son of man, raise up lamentations upon Tyre.