Ezekiel 26:16

Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 26:21 states Tyre will become a terror and cease to exist — the reason the princes tremble in the main verse.

Ezekiel 27:29-36 expands the same scene: mariners and pilots lament Tyre's fall with dust, ashes, and bitter wailing.

Ezekiel 27:35 directly continues the scene: coastlands appalled and kings shuddering at Tyre's fall.

Ezekiel 32:10 shows kings shuddering at Egypt's fall — parallel terror to the trembling princes of the sea.

Ezekiel 32:21-32 portrays rulers in Sheol greeting a fallen tyrant — a different setting but similar motif of leaders reacting to downfall.

Isaiah 23:1–8 Historical context

Isaiah 23:1-8 directly laments Tyre's destruction, with merchants and princes mourning — the same city and same reaction.

Lamentations 2:10 describes elders of Zion sitting on the ground in sackcloth — the same mourning ritual as Tyre's princes.

Jonah 3:6 Parallel

Jonah 3:6 has the king of Nineveh step down, remove robe, and sit in ashes — nearly identical actions, but a response of repentance rather than mourning.

Revelation 18:11-19 applies Tyre's lament to Babylon — shipmasters and merchants weep over the fall of a great commercial city.

Revelation 18:15 has merchants mourning Babylon's fall — echoes the same lament over a wealthy city's destruction.

Revelation 18:9 depicts kings mourning Babylon's fall — a direct NT echo making Tyre a type of Babylon.

Isaiah 14:9-13 depicts kings rising from thrones in Sheol to mock Babylon's fall — parallel imagery of rulers and thrones in judgment.

Isaiah 47:1 Parallel

In Isaiah 47:1, Babylon is told to come down and sit on the ground — same imagery as the princes of the sea humbling themselves in Ezekiel.