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Ezekiel regards island Tyre beneath a transparent merchant-ship metaphor.
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Ezekiel 27:1-4

The city at the entrances of the sea

A Lament for Tyre’s Merchant Ship · Ezekiel 27

Story guide: The ship is disclosed metaphor over a real harbor, not a literal giant craft enclosing the city.

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1And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

2And you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre,

3and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrances of the sea, trader of the peoples to many coastlands: Thus says the Lord GOD: Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

4Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.

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