Ezekiel 27:27–34

Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,

your mariners and your pilots,

your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,

and all your men of war who are in you,

with all your crew

that is in your midst,

sink into the heart of the seas

on the day of your fall.

At the sound of the cry of your pilots

the countryside shakes,

and down from their ships

come all who handle the oar.

The mariners and all the pilots of the sea

stand on the land

and shout aloud over you

and cry out bitterly.

They cast dust on their heads

and wallow in ashes;

they make themselves bald for you

and put sackcloth on their waist,

and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,

with bitter mourning.

In their wailing they raise a lamentation for you

and lament over you:

‘Who is like Tyre,

like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?

When your wares came from the seas,

you satisfied many peoples;

with your abundant wealth and merchandise

you enriched the kings of the earth.

Now you are wrecked by the seas,

in the depths of the waters;

your merchandise and all your crew in your midst

have sunk with you.

Your wealth, merchandise and wares,

your mariners, sailors and shipwrights,

your merchants and all your soldiers,

and everyone else on board

will sink into the heart of the sea

on the day of your shipwreck.

The shorelands will quake

when your sailors cry out.

All who handle the oars

will abandon their ships;

the mariners and all the sailors

will stand on the shore.

They will raise their voice

and cry bitterly over you;

they will sprinkle dust on their heads

and roll in ashes.

They will shave their heads because of you

and will put on sackcloth.

They will weep over you with anguish of soul

and with bitter mourning.

As they wail and mourn over you,

they will take up a lament concerning you:

“Who was ever silenced like Tyre,

surrounded by the sea?”

When your merchandise went out on the seas,

you satisfied many nations;

with your great wealth and your wares

you enriched the kings of the earth.

Now you are shattered by the sea

in the depths of the waters;

your wares and all your company

have gone down with you.

Your wealth, merchandise, and goods,

your sailors and captains,

those who repair your leaks,

those who barter for your goods,

and all the warriors on board,

with all the other people within you,

sink into the heart of the sea

on the day of your downfall.

“ ‘The countryside shakes

at the sound of your sailors’ cries.

All the oarsmen

disembark from their ships.

The sailors and all the captains of the sea

stand on the shore.

Because of you, they raise their voices

and cry out bitterly.

They throw dust on their heads;

they roll in ashes.

They shave their heads because of you

and wrap themselves in sackcloth.

They weep over you

with deep anguish and bitter mourning.

“ ‘In their wailing they lament for you,

mourning over you:

“Who was like Tyre,

silenced in the middle of the sea?

When your merchandise was unloaded from the seas,

you satisfied many peoples.

You enriched the kings of the earth

with your abundant wealth and goods.

Now you are wrecked by the sea

in the depths of the waters;

your goods and the people within you

have gone down.

Everything is lost—

your riches and wares,

your sailors and pilots,

your ship builders, merchants, and warriors.

On the day of your ruin,

everyone on board sinks into the depths of the sea.

Your cities by the sea tremble

as your pilots cry out in terror.

All the oarsmen abandon their ships;

the sailors and pilots stand on the shore.

They cry aloud over you

and weep bitterly.

They throw dust on their heads

and roll in ashes.

They shave their heads in grief for you

and dress themselves in burlap.

They weep for you with bitter anguish

and deep mourning.

As they wail and mourn over you,

they sing this sad funeral song:

‘Was there ever such a city as Tyre,

now silent at the bottom of the sea?

The merchandise you traded

satisfied the desires of many nations.

Kings at the ends of the earth

were enriched by your trade.

Now you are a wrecked ship,

broken at the bottom of the sea.

All your merchandise and crew

have gone down with you.

Your wealth and your merchandise, your wares,

your mariners, and your seamen,

your shipwrights and the barterers of your wares

and all of your soldiers who are in you,

along with all of your crew who are in the midst of you,

they will fall in the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.

At the sound of the shout of your seamen,

the pasturelands will shake.

And they will go down from their ships,

all of those holding an oar,

mariners, all of the seamen of the sea

will stand on the land,

and they will lament over you with their voice,

and they will cry out bitterly,

and they will throw dust on their heads,

and they will roll in the dust.

They will shave themselves bald for your sake,

and they will dress themselves in sackcloth,

and they will weep over you with a bitterness of soul

and with bitter wailing.

And they will raise over you with their wailing a lament,

and they will chant a lament over you:

‘Who is like Tyre,

like this destruction in the midst of the sea?’

When your merchandise went out from the seas,

you satisfied many peoples with the abundance of your wealth,

and by your wares

you made rich the kings of the world.

Now you are broken by seas

in the depths of waters;

your wares and all of your crew

in the midst of you have sunk.

Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land; And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.