Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
utterly bald—literally, "bald with baldness." The Phœnician custom in mourning; which, as being connected with heathenish superstitions, was forbidden to Israel (Deuteronomy 14:1).
take up—lift up.
the destroyed—a destroyed one. Literally, (as opposed to its previous bustle of thronging merchants and mariners, Ezekiel 27:27), "one brought to death's stillness."
in . . . midst of . . . sea—insular Tyre.
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