Discovery BoxEzekiel 27:30-32 
Context27:30 They will lament loudly 1 over you and cry bitterly.
They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes; 2
27:31 they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth,
and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning. 3
27:32 As they wail they will lament over you, chanting:
“Who was like Tyre, like a tower 4 in the midst of the sea?”
1 tn Heb “make heard over you with their voice.”
2 tn Note a similar expression to “roll in the ashes” in Mic 1:10.
3 tn Heb “and they will weep concerning you with bitterness of soul, (with) bitter mourning.”
4 tn As it stands, the meaning of the Hebrew text is unclear. The translation follows the suggestion of M. Dahood, “Accadian-Ugaritic dmt in Ezekiel 27:32,” Bib 45 (1964): 83-84. Several other explanations and emendations have been offered. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:83, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:85-86, for a list of options.
