Ezekiel 27:32–36

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.

All the inhabitants of the coastlands

are appalled at you,

and the hair of their kings bristles with horror;

their faces are convulsed.

The merchants among the peoples hiss at you;

you have come to a dreadful end

and shall be no more forever.’ ”

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.

All who live in the coastlands

are appalled at you;

their kings shudder with horror

and their faces are distorted with fear.

The merchants among the nations scoff at you;

you have come to a horrible end

and will be no more.’ ”

“ ‘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.

All the inhabitants of the coasts and islands

are appalled at you.

Their kings shudder with fear;

their faces are contorted.

Those who trade among the peoples scoff at you;

you have become an object of horror

and will never exist again.” ’ ”

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.

All who live along the coastlands

are appalled at your terrible fate.

Their kings are filled with horror

and look on with twisted faces.

The merchants among the nations

shake their heads at the sight of you,

for you have come to a horrible end

and will exist no more.’ ”

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.

All of the inhabitants of the coastlands

are appalled over you,

and their kings shudder in horror;

they distort their faces!

The traders among the peoples hiss over you;

you have become a horror,

and you shall be no more forever!’ ”

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. All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance. The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.