Ezekiel 27

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

And the word of the Lord came to me saying,

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

And you, son of man, take up a lamentation against Sor;

3 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,

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

In the heart of the sea your sons have put beauty upon you for Beelim.

5 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

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 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.

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 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.

Persians and Lydians and Libyans were in your army: your warriors hung in you shields and helmets; these gave [you] your glory.

11 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.

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 The Carthaginians, your merchants, supplied your festivals with a multitude of diverse riches, 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, these were your peddlers; they traveled to your people with slaves and with brass vessels.

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

Out of the house of Thogarma horses and horsemen furnished the market.

15 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.

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 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.

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

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

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

Out of Asel [came] wrought iron, and there is the sound of wheels amongst your trading [population].

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

[The people of] Daedan were your merchants, with choice cattle for chariots.

21 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.

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 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.

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

Charra, and Chanaa, these were your merchants: Assur, and Charman, were your merchants:

24 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.

bringing [for] merchandise blue, and choice stores bound with cords, and cypress wood.

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

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

Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the south wind has broken you in the heart of the sea.

27 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.

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

At the cry of your voice your pilots shall be greatly terrified.

29 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.

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 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.

And they shall wail over you with their voice, and cry bitterly, and put earth on their heads, and spread ashes under them.

31 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 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?’

And their sons shall take up a [lament] for you, even a lamentation for Sor, [saying],

33 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.

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 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.

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 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.

All the dwellers in the islands have mourned over you, and their kings have been utterly amazed, and their countenance has wept.

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

Merchants from the nations have hissed at you; you are utterly destroyed, and shall not be any more for ever.