Ezekiel 27
1 A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
And the word of the Lord came to me saying,
2 “Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre.
And you, son of man, take up a lamentation against Sor;
3 Tell Tyre, the city that stands at the gateway to the sea, supplying goods to many overseas nations, that this is what the Lord God says: Tyre, you say to yourself, ‘I'm so beautiful!’
and you shall say to Sor that dwells at the entrance of the sea, to the mart of the nations coming from many islands, Thus says the Lord to Sor; You have said, I have clothed myself with my beauty.
4 Your borders extend far across the sea. Your builders put you together perfectly like a beautiful ship.
In the heart of the sea your sons have put beauty upon you for Beelim.
5 They built you with pine timber from Mount Hermon. They used a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast.
Cedar in Senir was employed for you in building: boards of cypress timber were taken out of Libanus, and wood to make you masts of fir.
6 They made your oars with oaks from Bashan. They had wood from the island of Cyprus brought to make your deck and inlaid it with ivory.
They made your oars [of wood] out of the land of Basan; your sacred utensils they made of ivory, your shady houses of wood from the isles of Chetiim.
7 They made your sail with the best linen from Egypt—this was your flag that everyone recognized. They used cloth dyed blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah to make your awnings.
Fine linen with embroidery from Egypt supplied the couch, to put honour upon you, and to clothe you with blue and purple from the isles of Elisai; and they became your coverings.
8 Men from Sidon and Arvad did the rowing in your ship. You had your own skilled sailors from Tyre.
And your princes were the dwellers in Sidon, and the Aradians were your rowers: your wise men, O Sor, who were in you, these were your pilots.
9 Expert craftsmen from Gebal were onboard to repair any leaks. All the other ships at sea came to trade with you and their sailors bartered for your goods.
The elders of the Biblians, and their wise men, who were in you, these helped your counsel: and all the ships of the sea and their rowers traded for you to the utmost west.
10 Men from Persia, Lydia, and Put were soldiers in your army. They lived among you, hanging up their shields and helmets with you, making you famous.
Persians and Lydians and Libyans were in your army: your warriors hung in you shields and helmets; these gave [you] your glory.
11 Men of Arvad and Helech defended all your city walls, while those from Gammad protected your towers. They hung their shields all around your walls. They made you so successful.
The sons of the Aradians and your army were upon the walls; there were guards in your towers: they hung their quivers on your battlements round about; these completed your beauty.
12 Tarshish traded with you because you had so much of everything. They paid for your goods with silver, iron, tin, and lead.
The Carthaginians were your merchants because of the abundance of all your strength; they furnished your market with silver, and gold, and iron, and tin, and lead.
13 Greece, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you. They bought your goods, paying with slaves and objects made of bronze.
Greece, both the whole [world], and the adjacent coasts, these traded with you in the persons of men, and they gave [as] your merchandise vessels of brass.
14 People from Beth-togarmah traded horses, war horses, and mules for your goods.
Out of the house of Thogarma horses and horsemen furnished the market.
15 People from Dedan traded with you. You had marketplaces in many coastal areas where the people bartered with you using ivory tusks and ebony wood.
The sons of the Rhodians were your merchants; from the islands they multiplied your merchandise, [even] elephants' teeth: and to them that came in you did return your prices,
16 The Arameans traded with you because you had so much merchandise. They provided turquoise, purple cloth, embroidery, fine linen, coral, and red jasper in exchange for your goods.
[even] men [as] your merchandise, from the multitude of your trading [population], myrrh and embroidered works from Tharsis: Ramoth also and Chorchor furnished your market.
17 Judah and the country of Israel traded with you, paying you with wheat from Minnith, pastries and honey, olive oil and balm in return for your goods.
Juda and the children of Israel, these were your merchants; in the sale of corn and ointments and cassia: and they gave the best honey, and oil, and resin, to your trading [population].
18 Because you had many different products, in fact so much of everything, Damascus traded with you using wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar.
[The people of] Damascus were your merchants by reason of the abundance of all your power; wine out of Chelbon, and wool from Miletus; and they brought wine into your market.
19 Vedan and Javan from Izal bought your goods using wrought iron, cassia, and sweet calamus.
Out of Asel [came] wrought iron, and there is the sound of wheels amongst your trading [population].
20 Dedan traded with you, providing riding blankets.
[The people of] Daedan were your merchants, with choice cattle for chariots.
21 Arabia and all the leaders of Kedar traded with you, supplying lambs, rams, and goats.
Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, these were your traders with you, [bringing] camels, and lambs, and rams, in which they trade with you.
22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you, exchanging gold, the very best spices, and precious stones for your goods.
The merchants of Sabba and Ramma, these were your merchants, with choice spices, and precious stones: and they brought gold to your market.
23 Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, as did Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.
Charra, and Chanaa, these were your merchants: Assur, and Charman, were your merchants:
24 In your marketplaces they traded with you, providing the finest blue clothing, embroidery, carpets made with different colored threads, and strong ropes of twisted strands.
bringing [for] merchandise blue, and choice stores bound with cords, and cypress wood.
25 Trade ships from Tarshish transported your goods. You were like a ship sailing the sea, filled with heavy cargo.
Ships were your merchants, in abundance, with your trading [population]: and you were filled and very heavily loaded in the heart of the sea.
26 Your rowers took you a long way out on the water, but the east wind broke you apart in there in the open ocean.
Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the south wind has broken you in the heart of the sea.
27 You've lost everything! You wealth, your goods, your cargo, your crew of sailors, officers, and repairmen, your traders and all the soldiers you had, along with everyone else on board, fall into the depths of the sea on the day of your shipwreck.
Your forces, and your gain, and that of your traders, and your rowers, and your pilots, and your counsellors, and they that traffic with you, and all your warriors that are in you: and all your company in the midst of you shall perish in the heart of the sea, in the day of your fall.
28 The land around shakes when your sailors scream.
At the cry of your voice your pilots shall be greatly terrified.
29 All the rowers abandon their ships. The sailors and all the ships' officers stand on the shore.
And all the rowers and the mariners shall come down from the ships, and the pilots of the sea shall stand on the land.
30 They shout out for you and burst out crying. They mourn for you by throwing dust on their heads and rolling in ashes.
And they shall wail over you with their voice, and cry bitterly, and put earth on their heads, and spread ashes under them.
31 They shave their heads for you and clothe themselves in sackcloth. They weep for you, crying out in agony and heartfelt mourning
32 As they weep and wail over you, they sing a funeral song for you: ‘Who could compare to Tyre, now destroyed out in the sea?
And their sons shall take up a [lament] for you, even a lamentation for Sor, [saying],
33 You made many people happy when they received your goods from far across the sea. You made the kings of the earth rich with all your valuable goods and products.
How large a reward have you gained from the sea? you have filled nations out of your abundance; and out of your mixed merchandise you have enriched all the kings of the earth.
34 Now you have been shipwrecked by the sea, sunk in deep water, and your cargo and your people have gone down with you.
Now are you broken in the sea, your traders are in the deep water, and all your company in the midst of you: all your rowers have fallen.
35 Everyone living on the coastlands is shocked at what happened to you. Their kings are horrified; their faces twisted with fear.
All the dwellers in the islands have mourned over you, and their kings have been utterly amazed, and their countenance has wept.
36 The traders of the nations hiss at you in derision; disaster has brought you down and you're finished forever.”
Merchants from the nations have hissed at you; you are utterly destroyed, and shall not be any more for ever.
