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The Ship That Sank: The Pride of Tyre and Egypt the Monster of the Nile | Ezekiel 27–30
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Today we read Ezekiel chapters 27 through 30. Chapter 27 is an extraordinary piece of writing—a funeral song for Tyre imagined as a ship, built from the finest materials the ancient world could supply, crewed by skilled sailors, loaded with the goods of dozens of trading partners who are each named in turn. The catalog is admiring, almost affectionate. And then the east wind breaks her in the heart of the seas, and everything sinks together.
Chapter 28 turns to the king of Tyre, whose wealth and skill have convinced him he is a god. The language reaches back to Eden and a…
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