Ezekiel 27
1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
2 Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre;
“Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre.
3 And say to Tyre, O thou that dwelleth at the entrance of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyre, thou hast said, I am of perfect 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 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
Your borders extend far across the sea. Your builders put you together perfectly like a beautiful ship.
5 They have made all thy ship planks of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
They built you with pine timber from Mount Hermon. They used a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast.
6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thy oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
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 Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
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 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyre, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
Men from Sidon and Arvad did the rowing in your ship. You had your own skilled sailors from Tyre.
9 The ancients of Gebal and her wise men were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to exchange thy merchandise.
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 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thy army, thy men of war: they hung the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
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 with thy army were upon thy walls on all sides, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hung their shields upon thy walls on every side; they have made thy beauty perfect.
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 thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
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 were thy merchants: they traded in the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
Greece, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you. They bought your goods, paying with slaves and objects made of bronze.
14 They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
People from Beth-togarmah traded horses, war horses, and mules for your goods.
15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thy hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
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 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they traded in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
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, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market in wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
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 thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
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 also and Javan going to and fro traded in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
Vedan and Javan from Izal bought your goods using wrought iron, cassia, and sweet calamus.
20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
Dedan traded with you, providing riding blankets.
21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they traded with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
Arabia and all the leaders of Kedar traded with you, supplying lambs, rams, and goats.
22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy fairs with the best of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you, exchanging gold, the very best spices, and precious stones for your goods.
23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.
Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, as did Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.
24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and embroidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.
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 did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
Trade ships from Tarshish transported your goods. You were like a ship sailing the sea, filled with heavy cargo.
26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
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 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the traders of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
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 The waves shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
The land around shakes when your sailors scream.
29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
All the rowers abandon their ships. The sailors and all the ships' officers stand on the shore.
30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the 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 And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
They shave their heads for you and clothe themselves in sackcloth. They weep for you, crying out in agony and heartfelt mourning
32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyre, like the destroyed in the midst 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 thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou didst fill many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy 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 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.
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 isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be terribly afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
Everyone living on the coastlands is shocked at what happened to you. Their kings are horrified; their faces twisted with fear.
36 The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
The traders of the nations hiss at you in derision; disaster has brought you down and you're finished forever.”
