Ezekiel 27

CHAPTER 27

Lament over Tyre

¹Moreover, the word of Yahweh came to me saying,

²“Now as for you, son of man, ^atake up a lamentation over Tyre

³and say to Tyre, ^awho inhabits the ¹entrance to the sea, a ^btrader of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,

“O Tyre, you 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 ¹made all your planks of fir trees from ^aSenir;

They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

⁶“Of ^aoaks from ^bBashan they have made your oars;

With ivory they have ¹inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of ^cCyprus.

⁷“Your ¹sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt

So that it became your ²standard;

Your ³awning was ^4ablue and purple from the coastlands of ^bElishah.

⁸“The inhabitants of Sidon and ^aArvad were your rowers;

Your ^bwise men, O Tyre, were ¹aboard; they were your pilots.

⁹“The elders of ^aGebal and her wise men were with you repairing your seams;

All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise.

¹⁰“^aPersia and ^bLud and ^cPut were in your military force, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you; they set forth your majesty.

¹¹“The sons of Arvad and your military force were on your walls, all around, and the ¹Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their small shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

¹²“Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your wares.

¹³“^aJavan, ^bTubal, and ^cMeshech, they were your traders; with the ^dlives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.

¹⁴“Those from ^aBeth-togarmah gave horses and war horses and mules for your wares.

¹⁵“The sons of ^aDedan were your traders. Many coastlands were ¹customers at your hand; ^bivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment.

¹⁶“^aAram was your customer because of the abundance of your ¹goods; they paid for your wares with ^bemeralds, purple, ^cembroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.

¹⁷“Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of ^aMinnith, ¹cakes, honey, oil, and balm they paid for your merchandise.

¹⁸“^aDamascus was your customer because of the abundance of your ¹goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool.

¹⁹“Also Vedan and Javan paid for your wares ¹from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia, and ²sweet cane were among your merchandise.

²⁰“^aDedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.

²¹“^aArabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were ¹customers at your hand for ^blambs, rams, and goats; for these, they were your customers.

²²“The traders of ^aSheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of ^bspices and with all kinds of precious stones and gold.

²³“Haran, Canneh, ^aEden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.

²⁴“They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of ¹blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.

²⁵“The ^aships of Tarshish were ¹the carriers for your merchandise.

And you were filled and were very ²glorious

In the heart of the seas.

²⁶“Your rowers have brought you

Into ^agreat waters;

The ^beast wind has broken you

In the heart of the seas.

²⁷“Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise,

Your sailors and your pilots,

Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise,

And all your men of war who are in you,

With all your assembly that is in your midst,

Will fall into the heart of the seas

On the day of your downfall.

²⁸“At the sound of the cry of your pilots

The pasture lands will ^ashake.

²⁹“All who handle the oar,

The ^asailors and all the pilots of the sea,

Will come down from their ships;

They will stand on the land,

³⁰And they will ^amake their voice heard over you

And will cry bitterly.

They will ^bcast dust on their heads;

They will ^cwallow in ashes.

³¹“Also they will make themselves ^abald for you

And ^bgird themselves with sackcloth;

And they will ^cweep for you in bitterness of soul

With bitter mourning.

³²“Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a ^alamentation for you

And lament over you:

‘Who is like Tyre,

Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?

³³‘When your wares went out from the seas,

You satisfied a great number of peoples;

With the ^agreatness of your wealth and your merchandise

You enriched the kings of earth.

³⁴‘¹Now that you are ^abroken by the seas

In the depths of the waters,

Your ^bmerchandise and all your assembly

Have fallen in the midst of you.

³⁵‘All the ^ainhabitants of the coastlands

Are appalled at you,

And their kings are horribly horrified;

They are troubled in countenance.

³⁶‘The merchants among the peoples ^ahiss at you;

You have become ¹terrified,

And you ^bwill cease to be forever.’”