以西結書27:26-36

27:26 盪槳的已經把你盪到大水之處，東風在海中將你打破。

27:27 你的資財、物件、貨物、水手、掌舵的、補縫的、經營交易的，並你中間的戰士和人民，在你破壞的日子必都沉在海中。

27:28 你掌舵的呼號之聲一發，郊野都必震動。

27:29 凡盪槳的和水手，並一切泛海掌舵的，都必下船登岸。

27:30 他們必為你放聲痛哭，把塵土撒在頭上，在灰中打滾；

27:31 又為你使頭上光禿，用麻布束腰，號咷痛哭，苦苦悲哀。

27:32 他們哀號的時候，為你作起哀歌哀哭，說：有何城如泰爾？有何城如他在海中成為寂寞的呢？

27:33 你由海上運出貨物，就使許多國民充足；你以許多資財、貨物使地上的君王豐富。

27:34 你在深水中被海浪打破的時候，你的貨物和你中間的一切人民，就都沉下去了。

27:35 海島的居民為你驚奇；他們的君王都甚恐慌，面帶愁容。

27:36 各國民中的客商都向你發嘶聲；你令人驚恐，不再存留於世，直到永遠。」

26 "Your rowers have brought you out

into the high seas.

 The east wind has wrecked you

in the heart of the seas.

27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,

your mariners and your pilots,

 your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,

and all your men of war who are in you,

with all your crew

that is in your midst,

sink into the heart of the seas

 on the day of your fall.

28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots

 the countryside shakes,

29 and down from their ships

 come all who handle the oar.

The mariners and all the pilots of the sea

stand on the land

30 and shout aloud over you

and cry out bitterly.

 They cast dust on their heads

 and wallow in ashes;

31 they make themselves bald for you

and put sackcloth on their waist,

and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,

with bitter mourning.

32 In their wailing they raise a lamentation for you

and lament over you:

 'Who is like Tyre,

like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?

33 When your wares came from the seas,

 you satisfied many peoples;

with your abundant wealth and merchandise

 you enriched the kings of the earth.

34 Now you are wrecked by the seas,

in the depths of the waters;

your merchandise and all your crew in your midst

have sunk with you.

35 All the inhabitants of the coastlands

are appalled at you,

and the hair of their kings bristles with horror;

their faces are convulsed.

36 The merchants among the peoples hiss at you;

 you have come to a dreadful end

and shall be no more forever. '"

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    先知用船難來形容泰爾的命運，也讓人感受到人的脆弱，再怎樣強壯的人，都不堪小小的打擊！正如希臘神話中說到強大的獵戶，禁不起小小的蠍子一咬，就死亡了！

    所以人不要自以為強大，就心高氣傲，我們是要不斷地認為自己是軟弱，需要不斷倚靠上帝，才可以勝過各樣的試探和考驗，人有何好自誇呢？好自以為很強大呢？

    主啊！讓我們看清楚自己不過是軟弱的人，甚至是塵土所造，出於塵土也要歸回塵土，若不是上帝所賜的聖靈，我們真的算不得什麼啊！