Chapter xxvii.
"The word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Now, thou son of man, take
up a lamentation for Tyrus." It is an interesting description of the
world-wide commerce and glory of this once-proud world-city, which is
given in this chapter. "_Sic transit gloria mundi_"--thus passeth the
glory of the world; nothing but ruins instead of the wicked mistress of
the sea; yea, her very site is no longer known. And what her glory was
and how it passed away under divine displeasure is made known through
the inspired prophet. Ezekiel certainly never saw Tyrus, nor did he have
probably any knowledge of her grandeur, her great wealth and
far-reaching commerce. But he was Jehovah's mouthpiece who put into his
lips and pen all these words.