Ezekiel 27: Funeral Song for Tyre the Great Ship

Ezekiel is told to sing a funeral song for Tyre, picturing the proud trading city as a magnificent ship built from the finest materials and loaded with the wealth of many nations. An east wind wrecks it at sea, and sailors mourn bitterly while coastal kings shudder as it sinks for good.

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In the lament, what wrecks the ship that pictures Tyre (Ezekiel 27:26-27)?

Hidden rocks tear it open close to the harborThe east wind breaks it apart on the open seaEnemy warships ram it and break its oarsIts own rotten planks give way in a calm