30 They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes. 31 They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning. 32 As 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?
Ezekiel 27:30–32
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