Ezekiel 27:30

And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

Cross-reference

In Ezekiel 27:31, the mourners shave heads and don sackcloth — intensifying the mourning actions begun in verse 30.

In Ezekiel 27:32, the mourners utter a specific lament question — completing the mourning sequence started in verse 30.

In Ezekiel 26:17, a lament is spoken over Tyre's destruction — parallel to the mourning actions in verse 30; both are part of the same prophetic lament collection.

Isaiah 23:1-18 is an entire prophecy against Tyre with similar lament imagery of ships and mariners — reinforcing the mourning scene here.

Jeremiah 6:26 commands sackcloth and wallowing in ashes as lament over coming judgment—directly parallels the mourning ritual for Tyre.

Jeremiah 25:34 uses the same 'wallow in ashes' imagery for mourning, calling shepherds to lament like Tyre's mourners.

Lamentations 2:10 mirrors this exactly—elders sit on ground, cast dust on heads, wear sackcloth—mourning Jerusalem's fall like Tyre's.

Micah 1:10 Parallel

Micah 1:10 commands 'roll yourselves in the dust' as mourning rite—identical to the dust-casting and ashes here.

Revelation 18:9-19 echoes this lament over Tyre with identical mourning rituals—dust on heads, weeping—applied to Babylon's fall.

Revelation 18:19 repeats the dust-on-heads mourning gesture, lamenting Babylon's sudden destruction—direct parallel to Tyre's lament.

Joshua 7:6 Parallel

Joshua 7:6 describes Joshua and elders putting dust on their heads after defeat—same act of humiliation and grief.

1 Samuel 4:12 shows a messenger with earth on his head—a similar grief gesture, but personal reaction to defeat, not corporate lament.

2 Samuel 1:2 describes earth on the head reporting Saul's death—same mourning gesture but individual, not collective lament over a city.

Job 2:12 Parallel

Job 2:12 shows friends mourning Job with dust on heads and weeping—same ritual, but for personal calamity rather than a city's fall.

Esther 4:1-4 describes Mordecai in sackcloth and ashes—similar mourning expression, but over threatened genocide rather than a fallen city.

Jonah 3:6 Parallel

Jonah 3:6 shows the king of Nineveh sitting in ashes in repentance—a similar gesture but with a different purpose (repentance vs. lament).