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title = "Ezekiel 27:26–36"
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date = "2023-05-16"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel27.26-36)
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Having described how great and profitable Tyre was, Ezekiel's lament turns to
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its downfall. The metaphorical ship has gone out into the high seas, but a
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storm has come up out of the east against it. All of the goods it was
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transporting, the payments it had received, and all of its stores are lost as
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it sinks. The crew that manned the ship, the officers that commanded them, the
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pilots who drove it, and the mariners that defended it are also lost.
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Every hand that drowns cries out as he sinks, and their combined sound causes
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the far-off countryside to shake. Those who follow the way of the sea hear the
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noise of their sinking, and they cry out in dismay. They mourn because the
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paragons of their profession could not withstand the trouble that came upon
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them. If Tyre could not survive the tumult, what chance would they have?
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Tyre mercantile fleet garnered much wealth for itself, but also enriched its
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trading partners too. Now there is a void and everyone who benefitted from
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Tyre's industry feels the lack.
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* * *
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You know the consequences of all Your actions, and You have orchestrated all
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things together for Your purposes.
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