Click
here to show/hide instructions.
Instructions on how to use the page:
The commentary for the selected verse is is displayed below.
All commentary was produced against the King James, so the same verse from that translation may appear as well. Hovering your mouse over a commentary's scripture reference attempts to show those verses.
Use the browser's back button to return to the previous page.
Or you can also select a feature from the Just Verses menu appearing at the top of the page.
Selected Verse: Ezekiel 27:31 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 27:31 |
Strong Concordance |
And they shall make themselves utterly [07144] bald [07139] for thee, and gird [02296] them with sackcloth [08242], and they shall weep [01058] for thee with bitterness [04751] of heart [05315] and bitter [04751] wailing [04553]. |
| |
King James |
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
utterly bald--literally, "bald with baldness." The Phœnician custom in mourning; which, as being connected with heathenish superstitions, was forbidden to Israel (Deu 14:1).
take up--lift up.
the destroyed--a destroyed one. Literally, (as opposed to its previous bustle of thronging merchants and mariners, Eze 27:27), "one brought to death's stillness."
in . . . midst of . . . sea--insular Tyre. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Utterly bald - See Eze 7:18 note. |
27 Thy riches [01952], and thy fairs [05801], thy merchandise [04627], thy mariners [04419], and thy pilots [02259], thy calkers [0919] [02388], and the occupiers [06148] of thy merchandise [04627], and all thy men [0582] of war [04421], that are in thee, and in all thy company [06951] which is in the midst [08432] of thee, shall fall [05307] into the midst [03820] of the seas [03220] in the day [03117] of thy ruin [04658].
1 Ye are the children [01121] of the LORD [03068] your God [0430]: ye shall not cut [01413] yourselves, nor make [07760] any baldness [07144] between your eyes [05869] for the dead [04191].
18 They shall also gird [02296] themselves with sackcloth [08242], and horror [06427] shall cover [03680] them; and shame [0955] shall be upon all faces [06440], and baldness [07144] upon all their heads [07218].