Ezekiel 27

¹ Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,

² “You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

³ and tell Tyre, ‘You who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many islands, thus says the Lord Yahweh: “You, Tyre, have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

⁴ Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.

⁵ They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir. They have taken cedars from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

⁶ Of the oaks of Bashan they have made your oars. They have made your benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the islands of Kittim.

⁷ Your sail was of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, that it might be for a banner to you. Blue and purple from the islands of Elishah was your awning.

⁸ The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men, Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots.

⁹ The old men of Gebal and its wise men were in you, your repairers of seams. All the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise.

¹⁰ Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you. They set forth your comeliness.

¹¹ The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, and valiant men were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around. They have perfected your beauty.

¹² Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches. With silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for your wares.

¹³ Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They traded the persons of men and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.

¹⁴ They of the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses, war horses, and mules.

¹⁵ The men of Dedan were your traders. Many islands were the merchandise of your hand. They brought you horns of ivory and ebony for payment.

¹⁶ Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks. They traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.

¹⁷ Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded wheat of Minnith, meal, honey, oil, and balm for your merchandise.

¹⁸ Damascus was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

¹⁹ Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for your wares. Bright iron, cassia, and calamus were among your merchandise.

²⁰ Dedan was your merchant in precious cloths for riding.

²¹ Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were the merchants of your hand. In lambs, rams, and goats, in these they traded with you.

²² The traders of Sheba and Raamah were your traders. They traded for your wares with the chief of all spices, and with all precious stones and gold.

²³ Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were your traders.

²⁴ These were your traders in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and embroidered work, and in chests of rich clothing, bound with cords and made of cedar, among your merchandise.

²⁵ The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise. You were replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.

²⁶ Your rowers have brought you into great waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.

²⁷ Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, your pilots, your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your company which is among you, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.

²⁸ At the sound of the cry of your pilots the suburbs shall shake.

²⁹ All who handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea shall come down from their ships. They shall stand on the land,

³⁰ and shall cause their voice to be heard over you, and shall cry bitterly. They shall cast up dust on their heads. They shall wallow themselves in the ashes.

³¹ They shall make themselves bald for you, and clothe themselves with sackcloth. They shall weep for you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning.

³² In their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, “Who is like Tyre, like her who is brought to silence in the middle of the sea?

³³ When your wares went out of the seas, you filled many peoples. You enriched the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.

³⁴ In the time that you were broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company fell in the middle of you.

³⁵ All the inhabitants of the islands are astonished at you, and their kings are horribly afraid. They are troubled in their face.

³⁶ The merchants among the peoples hiss at you. You have become a terror, and you shall be no more forever.”’”