Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 27:30 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 30. 30And 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:
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Role in This Section
The prophetic lament carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up…” at Ezekiel 27:30 as part of “The Trade Ship Wrecks and the Network Mourns.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 27:26–36
Keep Ezekiel 27:30 with the thought unit titled “The Trade Ship Wrecks and the Network Mourns.” The prophetic lament carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up…” at Ezekiel 27:30 as part of “The Trade Ship Wrecks and the Network Mourns.” The exilic setting and literary form govern its use.
Why It Needs Context
The verse is a premise, action, image, response, or transition within Ezekiel 27:26–36, not an independent maxim. The prophetic lament carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up…” at Ezekiel 27:30 as part of “The Trade Ship Wrecks and the Network Mourns.”
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Ezekiel 27:26–36 — The Trade Ship Wrecks and the Network MournsSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 27:26–36, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 27:26–36
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