| Ezek. 27:1 |
The word of Jehovah came again to me, saying, |
| Ezek. 27:2 |
Now you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre; |
| Ezek. 27:3 |
And say to Tyre, O you who dwell at the entry to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, You, O Tyre, have said, / I am perfect in beauty. |
| Ezek. 27:4 |
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; / Your builders have perfected your beauty. |
| Ezek. 27:5 |
They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; / They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. |
| Ezek. 27:6 |
They have made your oars of the oaks of Bashan; / They have made your boards of cypresses inlaid with ivory from the coasts / of Kittim. |
| Ezek. 27:7 |
Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt, to be your ensign; / Your awning was of blue and purple [material] from the coasts of Elishah. |
| Ezek. 27:8 |
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; / Your skilled men, who were in you, O Tyre, were your helmsmen. |
| Ezek. 27:9 |
The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were in you caulking your seams. / All the ships of the sea and their sailors were within you to barter for your / merchandise. |
| Ezek. 27:10 |
[The men of ] Persia and Lydia and Put were in your army as your men of war. / They hung shields and helmets on you; they endowed [you] with your splendor. |
| Ezek. 27:11 |
The men of Arvad and Helek were on your walls all around, and valiant men were in your towers; they hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty. |
| Ezek. 27:12 |
Tarshish conducted business with you because of the abundance of all [your] wealth. For your wares they gave silver, iron, tin, and lead. |
| Ezek. 27:13 |
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traders; for your merchandise they gave human beings and vessels of bronze. |
| Ezek. 27:14 |
From Beth-togarmah they gave for your wares horses, steeds for riding, and mules. |
| Ezek. 27:15 |
The people of Dedan were your traders; many coastlands conducted business on your behalf; they brought back as payment to you ivory tusks and ebony. |
| Ezek. 27:16 |
Syria conducted business with you because of the abundance of your products; they gave for your wares carbuncles, purple and embroidered [cloth,] fine linen, coral, and rubies. |
| Ezek. 27:17 |
Judah and the land of Israel were your traders; they gave for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, resin, honey, oil, and balm. |
| Ezek. 27:18 |
Damascus conducted business with you for the abundance of your products, because of the abundance of all wealth. [They gave] the wine of Helbon, and white wool. |
| Ezek. 27:19 |
Vedan and Javan traded for your wares from Uzal. Among your merchandise were wrought iron, cassia, and calamus. |
| Ezek. 27:20 |
Dedan was your trader in precious clothes for riding. |
| Ezek. 27:21 |
Arabia and all the princes of Kedar conducted business on your behalf; in lambs, rams, and goats; for these they conducted business with you. |
| Ezek. 27:22 |
The traders of Sheba and Raamah were your traders; they gave for your wares the best of all spices, all [kinds of ] precious stones, and gold. |
| Ezek. 27:23 |
Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur [and] Chilmad, were your traders. |
| Ezek. 27:24 |
These were your traders in the finest fabrics, in rolls of blue and embroidered [cloth,] and in chests of fine woven articles, tightly bound with cords, among your merchandise. |
| Ezek. 27:25 |
The ships of Tarshish transported your merchandise for you; And you were replenished and made very glorious / In the heart of the seas. |
| Ezek. 27:26 |
Those who rowed you have brought you into great waters, / [But] the east wind has shipwrecked you in the heart of the seas. |
| Ezek. 27:27 |
Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise, / Your sailors, your pilots, / Those who caulked your seams, / The dealers in your merchandise, / And all your men of war, who are in you, / With all your company who are in your midst, / Will sink into the heart of the seas / On the day of your fall. |
| Ezek. 27:28 |
At the sound of the cry of your pilots / The pasture lands will shake. |
| Ezek. 27:29 |
And all who handle the oar / Will come down out of their ships; / The sailors [and] all the pilots of the sea / Will stand upon the land, |
| Ezek. 27:30 |
And they will make their voice heard for you / And cry out bitterly, / And they will throw dust upon their heads; / They will wallow in ashes. |
| Ezek. 27:31 |
And they will make themselves bald for you / And gird themselves with sackcloth, / And they will weep for you in bitterness of soul / With bitter mourning. |
| Ezek. 27:32 |
And in their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you / And lament over you, [saying,] / Who is like Tyre, / Like her silenced in the midst of the sea? |
| Ezek. 27:33 |
When your wares went out over the seas, / You satisfied many peoples. / With the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise / You enriched the kings of the earth. |
| Ezek. 27:34 |
Now you are shipwrecked by the sea / In deep water, / Your merchandise and all your company / Go down in your midst. |
| Ezek. 27:35 |
All the inhabitants of the coasts / Are astonished at you, / And their kings shudder excessively; / Their countenance is troubled. |
| Ezek. 27:36 |
Those who conducted business [with you] among the peoples hiss at you; / You have become a [source of ] terror, / And you will no longer exist. |