Ezekiel 27:31
New International Version
They will shave their heads because of you and will put on sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and with bitter mourning.

New Living Translation
They shave their heads in grief for you and dress themselves in burlap. They weep for you with bitter anguish and deep mourning.

English Standard Version
they make themselves bald for you and put sackcloth on their waist, and they weep over you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning.

Berean Standard Bible
They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
They will shave themselves completely bald because of you, Gird themselves with sackcloth, And weep for you With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

New American Standard Bible
“Also they will shave themselves bald for you And put on sackcloth; And they will weep for you in bitterness of soul With bitter mourning.

NASB 1995
“Also they will make themselves bald for you And gird themselves with sackcloth; And they will weep for you in bitterness of soul With bitter mourning.

NASB 1977
“Also they will make themselves bald for you And gird themselves with sackcloth; And they will weep for you in bitterness of soul With bitter mourning.

Legacy Standard Bible
Also they will make themselves bald for you And gird themselves with sackcloth; And they will weep for you in bitterness of soul With bitter mourning.

Amplified Bible
“And they will make themselves [completely] bald for you And wrap themselves in sackcloth; And in bitterness of soul they will weep for you With bitter mourning and wailing.

Christian Standard Bible
They shave their heads because of you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They weep over you with deep anguish and bitter mourning.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They shave their heads because of you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They weep over you with deep anguish and bitter mourning.

American Standard Version
and they shall make themselves bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they shall shave their heads for you, and they shall put on sackcloth, and they shall weep bitterly for you in mourning

Contemporary English Version
they shave their heads and dress in sackcloth as they cry in despair.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall shave themselves bald for thee, and shall be girded with haircloth: and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of soul, with most bitter weeping.

English Revised Version
and they shall make themselves bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They shaved their heads because of you and put on sackcloth. They cried over you with bitterness and with bitter mourning.

Good News Translation
They shave their heads for you And dress themselves in sackcloth. Their hearts are bitter as they weep.

International Standard Version
They'll shave their heads bald because of you. They'll dress themselves in sackcloth and weep for you with deep bitterness of heart, with the most pitiful of mourning.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, And gird them with sackcloth, And they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul With bitter lamentation.

Literal Standard Version
And they have made themselves bald for you, | And they have girded on sackcloth, | And they have wept for you, | In bitterness of soul—a bitter mourning.

Majority Standard Bible
They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.

New American Bible
For you they shave their heads bald and put on sackcloth; For you they weep bitterly, in anguished lament.

NET Bible
they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning.

New Revised Standard Version
they make themselves bald for you, and put on sackcloth, and they weep over you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning.

New Heart English Bible
and they shall make themselves bald for you, and clothe them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

World English Bible
They will make themselves bald for you, and clothe themselves with sackcloth. They will weep for you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning.

Young's Literal Translation
And they have made for thee baldness, And they have girded on sackcloth, And they have wept for thee, In bitterness of soul -- a bitter mourning.

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Context
A Lament for Tyre
30They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes. 31They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning. 32As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?…

Cross References
Isaiah 3:24
Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.

Isaiah 15:2
Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.

Isaiah 16:9
So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.

Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I said, "Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people."

Isaiah 22:12
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

Ezekiel 7:18
They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

Ezekiel 29:18
"Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.


Treasury of Scripture

And they shall make themselves utterly bald for you, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

they shall make

Ezekiel 7:18
They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

Leviticus 21:5
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

Deuteronomy 14:1
Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

they shall weep

Isaiah 16:9
Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

Isaiah 22:4
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

Micah 1:8
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

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Ezekiel 27
1. The riches and commerce of Tyrus
26. The great and irrecoverable fall thereof
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They will shave their heads
וְהִקְרִ֤יחוּ (wə·hiq·rî·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7139: To make bald

for you
אֵלַ֙יִךְ֙ (’ê·la·yiḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

and wrap themselves in
וְחָגְר֖וּ (wə·ḥā·ḡə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2296: To gird, gird on, gird oneself

sackcloth.
שַׂקִּ֑ים (śaq·qîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag

They will weep
וּבָכ֥וּ (ū·ḇā·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1058: To weep, to bemoan

over you
אֵלַ֛יִךְ (’ê·la·yiḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

with anguish
בְּמַר־ (bə·mar-)
Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly

of soul
נֶ֖פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

and bitter
מָֽר׃ (mār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly

mourning.
מִסְפֵּ֥ד (mis·pêḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4553: A lamentation


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