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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
Come to me all you who go by, keep your eyes on me! See if there is any pain like the pain of my wound. For Jehovah has sent it to me in the day of his burning anger.
Lamentations 2:13
What example am I to give you? What comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? Your destruction is great like the sea. Who is able to make you well?
Revelation 18:18
and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying: 'What city is like this great city!'

The destroyed

Ezekiel 27:26
Your rowers have brought you into great waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.
Ezekiel 26:4
They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock.

General references

Ezekiel 27:2
You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre.