Ezekiel 27

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

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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

“You, therefore, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre.

3 Tell 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.’

And you shall say to Tyre, which lives at the entrance to the sea, which is the marketplace of the peoples for the many islands: Thus says the Lord God: O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am of perfect beauty,

4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.

for I have been positioned at the heart of the sea!’ Your neighbors, who built you, have filled up your beauty.

5 They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

They constructed you with spruce from Senir, with all the planks of the sea. They have taken cedars from Lebanon, so that they might make a mast for you.

6 Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.

They have formed your oars from the oaks of Bashan. And they have made your crossbeams from Indian ivory, and the pilothouse is from the islands of Italy.

7 Of 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.

Colorful fine linen from Egypt was woven for you as a sail to be placed upon the mast; hyacinth and purple from the islands of Elishah were made into your covering.

8 The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.

The inhabitants of Sidon and of Arwad were your rowers. Your wise ones, O Tyre, were your navigators.

9 The 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.

The elders of Gebal and its experts were considered as sailors making use of your diverse equipment. All the ships of the sea and their sailors were your merchants among the people.

10 Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.

The Persians, and the Lydians, and the Libyans were your men of war in your army. They suspended shield and helmet within you for your adornment.

11 Men 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.

The sons of Arwad were with your army upon your walls all around. And even the Gammadim, who were in your towers, suspended their quivers on your walls on all sides; they completed your beauty.

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

The Carthaginians, your merchants, supplied your festivals with a multitude of diverse riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead.

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

Greece, Tubal, and Meshech, these were your peddlers; they traveled to your people with slaves and with brass vessels.

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

From the house of Togarmah, they brought horses, and horsemen, and mules to your market.

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

The sons of Dedan were your merchants. The many islands were the marketplace of your hand. They traded teeth of ivory and of ebony for your price.

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

The Syrian was your merchant. Because of the multitude of your works, they offered jewels, and purple, and patterned cloth, and fine linen, and silk, and other valuables in your market.

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

Judah and the land of Israel, these were your peddlers of the best grain; they offered balsam, and honey, and oil, and resins at your festivals.

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

The Damascene was your trader in the multitude of your works, in greatly diverse wealth, in rich wine, in wool with the finest coloring.

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

Dan, and Greece, and Mosel have offered works made of iron at your festivals. Storax ointment and sweet flag were in your marketplace.

20 Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.

The men of Dedan were your peddlers of tapestries used as seats.

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

Arabia and all the leaders of Kedar, these were the merchants at your hand. Your merchants came to you with lambs, and rams, and young goats.

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

The vendors of Sheba and Raamah, these were your merchants, with all the finest aromatics, and precious stones, and gold, which they offered in your marketplace.

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

Haran, and Canneh, and Eden were your merchants. Sheba, Assur, and Chilmad were your sellers.

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

These were your merchants in many places, with windings of hyacinth and of colorful weavings, and with precious treasures, which were wrapped and bound with cords. Also, they had works of cedar among your merchandise.

25 The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.

The ships of the sea were important to your business dealings. For you were replenished and exceedingly glorified in the heart of the sea.

26 Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.

Your rowers have brought you into many waters. The south wind has worn you down in the heart of the sea.

27 Your 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.

Your riches, and your treasures, and your versatile equipment, your sailors and your navigators, who handle your goods and who were first among your people, likewise your men of war, who were among you, and your entire multitude that is in your midst: they will fall in the heart of the sea on the day of your ruin.

28 The countryside will shake when your sailors cry out.

Your fleets will be disturbed by the sound of an outcry from your navigators.

29 All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore.

And all who were handling the oar will descend from their ships; the sailors and all the navigators of the sea will stand upon the land.

30 They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.

And they will howl over you with a great voice, and they will cry out with bitterness. And they will cast dust upon their heads, and they will be sprinkled with ashes.

31 They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.

And they will shave their heads because of you, and they will be wrapped in haircloth. And they will weep for you with bitterness of soul, with a very bitter weeping.

32 As 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?

And they will take up a mournful verse over you, and they will lament you: ‘What city is like Tyre, which has become mute in the midst of the sea?’

33 When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.

For by the going forth of your merchandise by sea, you supplied many peoples; by the multitude of your riches and of your people, you enriched the kings of the earth.

34 Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.

Now you have been worn away by the sea, your opulence is in the depths of the waters, and your entire multitude that was in your midst has fallen.

35 All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.

All the inhabitants of the islands have been stupefied over you; and all their kings, having been struck by the tempest, have changed their expression.

36 Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”

The merchants of the peoples have hissed over you. You have been reduced to nothing, and you shall not be again, even forever.”