Ezekiel 27
1 Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “Now you, son of man, begin a lamentation concerning Tyre,
“Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre.
3 and say to Tyre, who lives within the gates of the sea, merchants of peoples to many islands, the Lord Yahweh says this to you: Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.'
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!’
4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.
Your borders extend far across the sea. Your builders put you together perfectly like a beautiful ship.
5 They have made all your planks with cypress from Mount Hermon; they took cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
They built you with pine timber from Mount Hermon. They used a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast.
6 They made your oars from the oaks of Bashan; they made your decks out of cypress wood from Cyprus, and they overlaid them with ivory.
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.
7 Your sails were made from colorful linen from Egypt that served as your banner; the colors of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah are used for the awning on your boat.
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.
8 Those who were living in Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; the sages of Tyre were within you; they were your pilots.
Men from Sidon and Arvad did the rowing in your ship. You had your own skilled sailors from Tyre.
9 Highly experienced craftsmen from Byblos filled your seams; all the ships of the sea and their sailors among you were carrying your merchandise for trade.
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.
10 Persia, Lydia, and Libya were in your army, your men of war. they hung shield and helmet within you; they showed your splendor.
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.
11 The men of Arvad and Helek in your army were on your walls surrounding you, and the people of Gammad were in your towers. They hung up their shields on your walls all around you! They completed your beauty.
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.
12 Tarshish was a trading partner with you because of your abundant wealth of goods to sell: Silver, iron, tin, and lead. They bought and sold your wares!
Tarshish traded with you because you had so much of everything. They paid for your goods with silver, iron, tin, and lead.
13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech—they traded slaves and in items made of bronze. They handled your merchandise.
Greece, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you. They bought your goods, paying with slaves and objects made of bronze.
14 Beth Togarmah provided horses, stallions, and mules as your merchandise.
People from Beth-togarmah traded horses, war horses, and mules for your goods.
15 The men of Rhodes were your traders on many coasts. Merchandise was in your hand; they sent back horn, ivory, and ebony as tribute!
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.
16 Aram was a dealer in your many products; they provided emeralds, purple, colored cloth, fine fabric, pearls, and rubies as your merchandise.
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.
17 Judah and the land of Israel were trading with you. They provided wheat from Minnith, cakes, honey, oil, and balsam as your merchandise.
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.
18 Damascus was a trader of all your products, of all your enormous wealth, and of the wine of Helbon and the wool of Zahar.
Because you had many different products, in fact so much of everything, Damascus traded with you using wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar.
19 Dan and Javan from Izal provided you with merchandise of wrought iron, cinnamon, and calamus. This became merchandise for you.
Vedan and Javan from Izal bought your goods using wrought iron, cassia, and sweet calamus.
20 Dedan was your dealer in fine saddle blankets.
Dedan traded with you, providing riding blankets.
21 Arabia and all the chiefs of Kedar were traders with you; they provided you with lambs, rams and goats.
Arabia and all the leaders of Kedar traded with you, supplying lambs, rams, and goats.
22 The traders of Sheba and Raamah came to sell you the best of every spice and in all kinds of precious gems; they traded gold for your merchandise.
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you, exchanging gold, the very best spices, and precious stones for your goods.
23 Haran, Kanneh, and Eden were traders with you, along with Sheba, Ashur, and Kilmad.
Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, as did Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.
24 These were your dealers in ornate robes of violet cloths with woven colors, and in blankets of multicolored, embroidered, and well-woven cloth in your marketplaces.
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.
25 The ships of Tarshish were the transporters of your merchandise! So you were filled up, heavily laden with cargo in the heart of the seas!
Trade ships from Tarshish transported your goods. You were like a ship sailing the sea, filled with heavy cargo.
26 Your rowers have brought you into vast seas; the eastern wind has broken you in the middle of them.
Your rowers took you a long way out on the water, but the east wind broke you apart in there in the open ocean.
27 Your wealth, merchandise, and trade goods; your sailors and pilots, and ship builders; your traders of merchandise and all the men of war who are in you, and all your crew—they will sink into the depths of the sea on the day of your destruction.
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.
28 Cities at the sea will tremble at the sound of your pilots' cry;
The land around shakes when your sailors scream.
29 All those who handle oars will come down from their ships; mariners and all the pilots on the sea will stand on the land.
All the rowers abandon their ships. The sailors and all the ships' officers stand on the shore.
30 Then they will make you listen to their voice and will wail bitterly; they will cast dust up on their heads. They will roll about in ashes.
They shout out for you and burst out crying. They mourn for you by throwing dust on their heads and rolling in ashes.
31 They will shave their heads bald for you and bind themselves with sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you and they will cry out.
They shave their heads for you and clothe themselves in sackcloth. They weep for you, crying out in agony and heartfelt mourning
32 They will lift up their wails of lamentation for you and sing dirges over you, Who is like Tyre, who has now been brought to silence in the middle of the sea?
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?
33 When your merchandise went ashore from the sea, it satisfied many peoples; you enriched the kings of the earth with your great wealth and merchandise!
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.
34 But when you were shattered by the seas, by deep waters, your merchandise and all your crew sank!
Now you have been shipwrecked by the sea, sunk in deep water, and your cargo and your people have gone down with you.
35 All the inhabitants of the coasts were appalled at you, and their kings shuddered in horror! Their faces trembled!
Everyone living on the coastlands is shocked at what happened to you. Their kings are horrified; their faces twisted with fear.
36 The merchants of the people hiss at you; you have become a horror, and you will be no more forever.”
The traders of the nations hiss at you in derision; disaster has brought you down and you're finished forever.”
