Ezekiel 26:17
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!
Cross-reference
Ezekiel 27:2 commands another lament for Tyre — a direct continuation of the same prophetic series.
Ezekiel 27:3-36 elaborates the lament over Tyre with extensive imagery of its maritime trade and downfall.
Ezekiel 27:32 is part of that second lament — echoing the same 'What city is like Tyre?' theme.
Ezekiel 28:2-10 condemns the king of Tyre for pride, adding a personal dimension to the city's judgment.
Ezekiel 28:12-19 is a lament for the king of Tyre — another lament within the same Tyre oracles, deepening the city's fall.
Ezekiel 32:2 is another lament over Pharaoh, using the same prophetic dirge form and sea imagery.
Ezekiel 32:16 concludes the lament over Egypt, explicitly calling it a 'lamentation' just as Tyre's is introduced here.
Ezekiel 27:30 describes mourners throwing dust and ashes over Tyre — the same lament scene as here.
Ezekiel 19:1 uses the same phrase 'take up a lamentation' for Israel's princes — a shared prophetic formula.
Revelation 18:16-19 expands the lament with details of ships and wealth lost, closely mirroring Ezekiel's Tyre prophecy.
2 Samuel 1:19 opens David's lament with 'How are the mighty fallen!', sharing the same exclamatory lament style.
Revelation 18:10 repeats the 'Alas, alas' cry and standing far off, paralleling the lament of kings over Tyre.
Revelation 18:9 shows kings weeping over Babylon's fall, directly echoing the lament over Tyre as a type of worldly power.
Zephaniah 2:15 describes Nineveh's fall with similar language: a proud city become desolate, mirroring Tyre's lament.
Micah 2:4 uses the same phrase 'take up a lamentation' for a doleful lament over the spoiling of the land.
Lamentations 1:1 begins with 'How doth the city sit solitary' — a similar lament opening over Jerusalem's fall.
Isaiah 23:8 also laments Tyre's fall, highlighting its former glory as a bestower of crowns — deepening the contrast in Ezekiel's lament.
Isaiah 14:12 opens with 'How art thou fallen' — the same 'How art thou' exclamation used in the lament over Tyre.
2 Samuel 1:25-27 continues David's lament with 'How are the mighty fallen!' — the same lament formula as here.
Zechariah 9:4 predicts Tyre's power struck down on the sea — a later echo of this same judgment.
Obadiah 1:5 uses the same 'how you are destroyed' lament formula for Edom, echoing Tyre's fall.
Revelation 18:11 depicts merchants mourning over fallen Babylon — mirroring Tyre's lament as a commercial hub.
Amos 5:1 uses the same 'take up a lament' formula for Israel — parallel lament genre but different subject.