Ezekiel 28 is part of a series of oracles against the Phoenician kingdom of Tyre and its ruler, sometimes referred to as his Tyre cycle. Verses 11-19 constitute a dirge which has been widely considered challenging to interpret via the popular avenues of textual criticism, literary comparison, or later Christian theology. I suggest that a fresh, linear exegesis of this pericope is warranted, and could be based on an alternative combination of interpretive means. These include more attention to the overlapping history of Phoenicia with the United Monarchy of Israel and the Babylonian invasion of the Levant; a relevant view to archaeology, considerations of Iron Age II biblical theology, and attention to the details of the Hebrew text and its interplay with other biblical passages than are normally brought to bear on this pericope, namely 1 Kings and 1 & 2 Chronicles. The result is a cohesive reading of a pericope that seems, contra some perceptions to the contrary, very well-preserved. We need only to make better use of the rare and particular language of the song in light of those underutilized factors endemic to the situation of the history and heritage of the prophet to whom the pericope is traditionally ascribed.