Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 27:30
And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
30. heard against thee ] over thee. On first sign of sorrow cf. Job 2:12, and on second Jer 6:26; Mic 1:10; Est 4:1.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 30. Shall cry bitterly] All that were on the land, seeing this dreadful sight, a gallant ship perishing with all her men and goods, are represented as setting up a dismal cry at this heart-rending sight. But what must they have felt who were on board? Reader, wert thou ever shipwrecked? Wert thou ever in a hurricane on a lee rocky shore, where the helm had lost its power, and the sails were rendered useless? Dost thou remember that apparently last moment, when the ship drove up to the tremendous rocks, riding on the back of a mountainous surge? Then what was the universal cry? Hast thou ever heard any thing so terrific? so appalling? so death and judgment-like? No. It is impossible. These are the circumstances, this is the cry, that the prophet describes; disorder, confusion, dismay, and ruin. And this is a scene which the present writer has witnessed, himself a part of the wretched, when all hope of life was taken away, the yawning gulf opened, and nothing presented itself to support body or soul but that GOD who gave to both their being, and ultimately rescued him and his forlorn companions from one of the worst of deaths, by heaving the ship from the rocks by the agency of a tremendous receding wave. My soul hath these things still in remembrance, and therefore is humbled within me.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Shall cause their voice to be heard; with greatest cries they shall make the country echo forth their sorrows.
Against thee; either standing on higher ground over against the shipwrecked city; or rather,
for thee, those Eastern people did use to lift up their voice in mourning, Job 2:12; Jer 31:15; Lam 2:18,19; Zec 11:3.
Shall cry bitterly; their weeping shall be from a deep sense of the misery of their friends. and this expressed by bitter cries; so such sorrow is expressed, Zep 1:14; Isa 22:4; 33:7.
Shall cast up dust upon their heads; another expression of great distress and sorrow, proper to those countries, Jos 7:6; Job 2:12; Lam 2:10; Jer 6:26.
Wallow themselves in the ashes; which they used to do in their greatest mourning, as Mic 1:10; Jer 6:26. As every country hath its peculiar manners and customs in mourning, so had these customs that expressed most vehement sorrows in gestures which we are not accustomed to.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
30. against theerather,”concerning thee.”
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee,…. The rulers and governors of the city, for having taken a false step in provoking the enemy, and then holding out the siege no longer, as it was thought they might and would: or rather “over thee”, or, “for thee” h; mourning over the city, and lamenting its sad case; see
Re 18:9:
and shall cry bitterly; with great weeping, howling, and shrieking:
and they shall cast dust upon their heads; a custom used in the eastern countries, in time of mourning and sorrow; see Re 18:19:
and they shall wallow themselves in ashes: or roll themselves in them, another custom used in mourning; see Jer 6:26.
h “de te”, Junius Tremellius, Polanus, “super te” Piscator, Cocceius, Starckius.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(30) Against thee.Rather, over thee. The commercial nations were not inimical to Tyre, but rather caused their wail for her to be heard over the seas where she had been engulphed. The usual signs of mourning are poetically attributed to them (Eze. 27:30-31), and then a dirge is put in their mouths (Eze. 27:32-34).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 27:30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
Ver. 30. To be heard against thee. ] Or, For thee, or over thee. Eze 27:31 Rev 18:11 ; Rev 18:15-16
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
shall cause: All that were on land, seeing this gallant ship perishing with all her men and goods, are here represented as setting up a dismal cry at the heart-rending sight. Eze 27:31, Eze 27:32, Eze 26:17, Isa 23:1-6, Rev 18:9-19
cast: 1Sa 4:12, 2Sa 1:2, Job 2:12, Lam 2:10, Rev 18:19
they shall wallow: Est 4:1-4, Job 2:8, Job 42:6, Jer 6:26, Jer 25:34, Jon 3:6, Mic 1:10
Reciprocal: Jos 7:6 – put dust Jer 51:8 – howl Amo 8:10 – sackcloth Rev 18:18 – What
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 27:30, This describes in literal terms the actual behaviour the men of Tyrus will show at the defeat of their city. The use of dust and ashes and sackcloth was an ancient custom resorted to in times of great distress or anxiety.