Ezekiel 27:3–27

³Speak to Tyre, which has ports for the Mediterranean Sea and is a place for trade for the people of many lands along the seacoast. ‘This is what the Lord God says:

Tyre, you have said,

“I am like a beautiful ship.”

⁴You were at home on the high seas.

Your builders made your beauty perfect.

⁵They made all your boards

of fir trees from Mount Hermon.

They took a cedar tree from Lebanon

to make a ship’s mast for you.

⁶They made your oars

from oak trees from Bashan.

They made your deck

from cypress trees from the coast of Cyprus

and set ivory into it.

⁷Your sail of linen with designs sewed on it came from Egypt

and became like a flag for you.

Your cloth shades over the deck were blue and purple

and came from the island of Cyprus.

⁸Men from Sidon and Arvad used oars to row you.

Tyre, your skilled men were the sailors on your deck.

⁹Workers of Byblos were with you,

putting caulk ⁿ in your ship’s seams.

All the ships of the sea and their sailors

came alongside to trade with you.

¹⁰“ ‘Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put

were warriors in your navy

and hung their shields and helmets on your sides.

They made you look beautiful.

¹¹Men of Arvad and Cilicia

guarded your city walls all around.

Men of Gammad

were in your watchtowers

and hung their shields around your walls.

They made your beauty perfect.

¹²“ ‘People of Tarshish became traders for you because of your great wealth. They traded your goods for silver, iron, tin, and lead.

¹³“ ‘People of Greece, Tubal, and Meshech became merchants for you. They traded your goods for slaves and items of bronze.

¹⁴“ ‘People of Beth Togarmah traded your goods for work horses, war horses, and mules.

¹⁵“ ‘People of Rhodes became merchants for you, selling your goods on many coastlands. They brought back ivory tusks and valuable black wood as your payment.

¹⁶“ ‘People of Aram became traders for you, because you had so many good things to sell. They traded your goods for turquoise, purple cloth, cloth with designs sewed on, fine linen, coral, and rubies.

¹⁷“ ‘People of Judah and Israel became merchants for you. They traded your goods for wheat from Minnith, and for honey, olive oil, and balm.

^18–19“ ‘People of Damascus became traders for you because you have many good things and great wealth. They traded your goods for wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar, and barrels of wine from Izal. They received wrought iron, cassia, and sugar cane in payment for your good things.

²⁰“ ‘People of Dedan became merchants for you, trading saddle blankets for riding.

²¹“ ‘People of Arabia and all the rulers of Kedar became traders for you. They received lambs, male sheep, and goats in payment for you.

²²“ ‘The merchants of Sheba and Raamah became merchants for you. They traded your goods for all the best spices, valuable gems, and gold.

²³“ ‘People of Haran, Canneh, Eden, and the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad became merchants for you. ²⁴They were paid with the best clothes, blue cloth, cloth with designs sewed on, carpets of many colors, and tightly wound ropes.

²⁵“ ‘Trading ships

carried the things you sold.

You were like a ship full of heavy cargo

in the middle of the sea.

²⁶The men who rowed you

brought you out into the high seas,

but the east wind broke you to pieces

in the middle of the sea.

²⁷Your wealth, your trade, your goods,

your seamen, your sailors, your workers,

your traders, your warriors,

and everyone else on board

sank into the sea

on the day your ship was wrecked.