Ezekiel 27
1 A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre.
Now, you son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
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 say to Tyrus, O you that are situate at the entry of the sea, which are a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus says the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, you have said, I am of perfect beauty.
4 Your borders extend far across the sea. Your builders put you together perfectly like a beautiful ship.
Your borders are in the middle of the seas, your builders have perfected your beauty.
5 They built you with pine timber from Mount Hermon. They used a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast.
They have made all your ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for you.
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.
Of the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars; the company of the Ashurites have made your benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
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 broidered work from Egypt was that which you spread forth to be your sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered you.
8 Men from Sidon and Arvad did the rowing in your ship. You had your own skilled sailors from Tyre.
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyrus, that were in you, 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 ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in you your caulkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to occupy your merchandise.
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.
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness.
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 men of Arvad with your army were on your walls round about, and the Gammadims were in your towers: they hanged their shields on your walls round about; they have made your beauty perfect.
12 Tarshish traded with you because you had so much of everything. They paid for your goods with silver, iron, tin, and lead.
Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your fairs.
13 Greece, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you. They bought your goods, paying with slaves and objects made of bronze.
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in your market.
14 People from Beth-togarmah traded horses, war horses, and mules for your goods.
They of the house of Togarmah traded in your fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
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 men of Dedan were your merchants; many isles were the merchandise of your hand: they brought you for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
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.
Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of your making: they occupied in your fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
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.
Judah, and the land of Israel, they were your merchants: they traded in your market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
18 Because you had many different products, in fact so much of everything, Damascus traded with you using wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar.
Damascus was your merchant in the multitude of the wares of your making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
19 Vedan and Javan from Izal bought your goods using wrought iron, cassia, and sweet calamus.
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in your fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in your market.
20 Dedan traded with you, providing riding blankets.
Dedan was your merchant in precious clothes 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, they occupied with you in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they your merchants.
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 Sheba and Raamah, they were your merchants: they occupied in your fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
23 Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, as did Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, 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.
These were your merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among your merchandise.
25 Trade ships from Tarshish transported your goods. You were like a ship sailing the sea, filled with heavy cargo.
The ships of Tarshish did sing of you in your market: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the middle of the seas.
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 east wind has broken you in the middle of the seas.
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 riches, and your fairs, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your caulkers, and the occupiers of your merchandise, and all your men of war, that are in you, and in all your company which is in the middle of you, shall fall into the middle of the seas in the day of your ruin.
28 The land around shakes when your sailors scream.
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.
29 All the rowers abandon their ships. The sailors and all the ships' officers stand on the shore.
And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they 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 shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
31 They shave their heads for you and clothe themselves in sackcloth. They weep for you, crying out in agony and heartfelt mourning
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for you, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
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 in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the middle of the sea?
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.
When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many people; you did enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.
34 Now you have been shipwrecked by the sea, sunk in deep water, and your cargo and your people have gone down with you.
In the time when you shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters your merchandise and all your company in the middle of you shall fall.
35 Everyone living on the coastlands is shocked at what happened to you. Their kings are horrified; their faces twisted with fear.
All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at you, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
36 The traders of the nations hiss at you in derision; disaster has brought you down and you're finished forever.”
The merchants among the people shall hiss at you; you shall be a terror, and never shall be any more.
