Ezekiel 27

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A Lament for Tyre

¹Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

¹And the word came of YHWH to me, saying:

²“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.

²“And you, son of man, take up concerning Tyre a lamentation,

³Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says:

You have said, O Tyre,

‘I am perfect in beauty.’

³and to Tyre, the one dwelling at the entrances of the sea, being merchant of the peoples on many coasts, say, thus says the Lord YHWH: O Tyre, you have said: ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

⁴Your borders are in the heart of the seas;

your builders perfected your beauty.

⁴In the midst of the seas are your borders, and your builders have perfected your beauty.

⁵They constructed all your planking

with cypress^a from Senir.^b

They took a cedar from Lebanon

to make a mast for you.

⁵With cypress from Senir they have built for you all your planks; a cedar from Lebanon they took to make a mast for you.

⁶Of oaks from Bashan

they made your oars;

of wood from the coasts of Cyprus^a

they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.

⁶Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; your boards they have made with ivory, of the daughter of the Ashurites from the coasts of Kittim.

⁷Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt

they made your sail,

which served as your banner.

Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah

they made your awning.

⁷Of fine linen with embroidery from Egypt was your sail, to be for you a banner; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your awning.

⁸The men of Sidon and Arvad

were your oarsmen.

Your men of skill, O Tyre,

were there as your captains.

⁸Those dwelling in Sidon and Arvad were the rowers for you; your wise men, O Tyre, were in you—they were your pilots.

⁹The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights,

repairing your leaks.

All the ships of the sea and their sailors

came alongside to barter for your merchandise.

⁹Elders of Gebal and her wise men were in you, strengthening your breaches; all the ships of the sea and their sailors were in you, to offer merchandise to you.

¹⁰Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put

served as warriors in your army.

They hung their shields and helmets on your walls;

they gave you splendor.

¹⁰Persia and Lydia and Libya were in your force, as men of war for you; shield and helmet they hung within you—they gave splendor to you.

¹¹Men of Arvad and Helech

manned your walls all around,

and the men of Gammad

were in your towers.

They hung their shields around your walls;

they perfected your beauty.

¹¹The sons of Arvad and Helech were on your walls round about, and the Gammadites were on your towers; their shields they hung on your walls round about—they perfected your beauty.

¹²Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.

¹²Tarshish was your merchant, from the abundance of all wealth—in silver, iron, tin, and lead—they gave for your wares.

¹³Javan,^a Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.

¹³Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they traded in souls of man and vessels of bronze—they gave for your merchandise.

¹⁴The men of Beth-togarmah exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your wares.

¹⁴From the house of Togarmah, horses and steeds and mules they gave for your wares.

¹⁵The men of Dedan^a were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.

¹⁵The sons of Dedan were your traders, many coastlands were your market of your hand; horns of ivory and ebony they returned as your payment.

¹⁶Aram^a was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.

¹⁶Aram was your merchant, from the abundance of your works in turquoise, purple, and embroidery, and fine linen, and corals, and rubies—they gave for your wares.

¹⁷Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.

¹⁷Judah and the land of Israel they traded with you in wheat of Minnith, and meal, and honey, and oil, and balm—they gave for your merchandise.

¹⁸Because of your many products and your great wealth of goods, Damascus traded with you wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar,

¹⁸Damascus traded with you for the abundance of your works, from the abundance of all your wealth—with wine of Helbon and with wool of Sahar.

¹⁹and casks of wine from Izal for your wares.^a Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane^b were exchanged for your merchandise.^c

¹⁹And casks of wine from Izal they gave for your wares; smoothed iron, cassia, and cane were among your merchandise.

²⁰Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.

²¹Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.

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

²²The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your wares they exchanged gold, the finest of all spices, and precious stones.

²²The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you in the choicest of all spice, and in every of precious stone, and gold—they gave for your wares.

²³Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.

²³Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, were traders of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad traded with you;

²⁴In your marketplace they traded with you fine garments of blue, embroidered work, and multicolored rugs with cords tightly twisted and knotted.

²⁴they traded with you—in fine, garments of blue, embroidered work, rugs and multicolored, with cords tightly twisted and knotted—for your marketplace.

²⁵The ships of Tarshish^a

carried your merchandise.

And you were filled with heavy cargo

in the heart of the sea.

²⁵The ships of Tarshish were the transporters of your merchandise, and you were full and very heavy in the midst of the seas.

²⁶Your oarsmen have brought you

onto the high seas,

but the east wind will shatter you

in the heart of the sea.

²⁶Into many waters they have brought you, those rowing for you; a wind from the east has broken you in the midst of the seas.

²⁷Your wealth, wares, and merchandise,

your sailors, captains, and shipwrights,

your merchants and all the warriors within you,

with all the other people on board,

will sink into the heart of the sea

on the day of your downfall.

²⁷Your riches, and your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, the repairers of your breaches, and those offering your merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, and all your assembled force which is in your midst, will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your downfall!

²⁸The countryside will shake

when your sailors cry out.

²⁸At the sound of the cry of your sailors the common lands will shake,

²⁹All who handle the oars

will abandon their ships.

The sailors and all the captains of the sea

will stand on the shore.

²⁹and they will come down from their ships—all those handling the oar, the mariners and all the sailors of the sea will stand at the shore.

³⁰They will raise their voices for you

and cry out bitterly.

They will throw dust on their heads

and roll in ashes.

³⁰And they will make heard over you their voice, and they will cry out bitterly, and they will bring up dust upon their heads; they will roll about in ashes.

³¹They will shave their heads for you

and wrap themselves in sackcloth.

They will weep over you

with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.

³¹And they will shave themselves bald because of you, and they will gird themselves with sackcloth and weep for you with bitterness of heart—bitter wailing.

³²As they wail and mourn over you,

they will take up a lament for you:

‘Who was ever like Tyre,

silenced in the middle of the sea?

³²And they will lift up a lamentation for you in their wailing, and they will lament over you: ‘Who was like Tyre, silenced in the midst of the sea?

³³When your wares went out to sea,

you satisfied many nations.

You enriched the kings of the earth

with your abundant wealth and merchandise.

³³In the going forth of your wares from the sea, you satisfied many people; with the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise, you enriched the kings of the earth.

³⁴Now you are shattered by the seas

in the depths of the waters;

your merchandise and the people among you

have gone down with you.

³⁴In time you are broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your assembly have fallen in your midst.

³⁵All the people of the coastlands

are appalled over you.

Their kings shudder with fear;

their faces are contorted.

³⁵All those dwelling in the coasts are appalled over you, and their kings bristle with bristling; the faces trembled.

³⁶Those who trade among the nations

hiss at you;

you have come to a horrible end

and will be no more.’”

³⁶The traders among the nations hiss at you; you have become a horror, and you will be no more, even to forever!’”