Ezekiel 27 in the early church

[Vulgate: Ezechiel]

15 passages quote, allude to, or echo Ezekiel 27, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 3 · 7 · 25 · 26 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 32 · 33 · 34 · 35 · 36

Ezekiel 27:3

Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezek 27:3	Commentary on the Apocalypse 14.2 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, low confidence	late 3rd century
Ezek 27:3	Letter 65.18 · Jerome	allusion, low confidence	ca. 370–419

Ezekiel 27:7

Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezek 27:7	Lepr. 16 · Methodius of Olympus	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd cent. (disputed)

Ezekiel 27:25

The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezek 27:25	Book of Rules 7 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380

Ezekiel 27:26

Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezek 27:26	Letters to Serapion 1.7 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–360
Ezek 27:26	Book of Rules 7 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380

Ezekiel 27:28

The countryside will shake when your sailors cry out.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezek 27:28	Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380

Ezekiel 27:29

All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezek 27:29	Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380

Ezekiel 27:30

They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezek 27:30	Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380

Ezekiel 27:32

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?
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezek 27:32	Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380

Ezekiel 27:33

When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezek 27:33	Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380

Ezekiel 27:34

Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezek 27:34	Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380

Ezekiel 27:35

All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezek 27:35	Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380

Ezekiel 27:36

Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezek 27:36	Homilies on Leviticus 4.5 · Origen	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Ezek 27:36	Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380