Ezekiel 27:2

Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

Ver. 2. Take up a lamentation for Tyrus.] Fitly here compared to a goodly ship, a and her desolation to a dismal shipwreck. Theodoret's note on the text is, that when we correct sinners, or threaten them, it should be done with commiseration and compassion. Here we have God's own example for it.

“ Ille dolet quoties cogitur esse ferox. ”

a Apud Horat. Resp. navis nomine significatur. - Carm. lib. i. od. 14.