Ezekiel 27

1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

2 Now, you son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

“Now you, son of man, begin a lamentation concerning Tyre,

3 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.

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.'

4 Your borders are in the middle of the seas, your builders have perfected your beauty.

Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.

5 They have made all your ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for you.

They have made all your planks with cypress from Mount Hermon; they took cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

6 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.

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.

7 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.

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.

8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyrus, that were in you, were your pilots.

Those who were living in Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; the sages of Tyre were within you; they were your pilots.

9 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.

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.

10 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.

Persia, Lydia, and Libya were in your army, your men of war. they hung shield and helmet within you; they showed your splendor.

11 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.

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.

12 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.

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!

13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in your market.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech—they traded slaves and in items made of bronze. They handled your merchandise.

14 They of the house of Togarmah traded in your fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.

Beth Togarmah provided horses, stallions, and mules as your merchandise.

15 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.

The men of Rhodes were your traders on many coasts. Merchandise was in your hand; they sent back horn, ivory, and ebony as tribute!

16 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.

Aram was a dealer in your many products; they provided emeralds, purple, colored cloth, fine fabric, pearls, and rubies as your merchandise.

17 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.

Judah and the land of Israel were trading with you. They provided wheat from Minnith, cakes, honey, oil, and balsam as your merchandise.

18 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.

Damascus was a trader of all your products, of all your enormous wealth, and of the wine of Helbon and the wool of Zahar.

19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in your fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in your market.

Dan and Javan from Izal provided you with merchandise of wrought iron, cinnamon, and calamus. This became merchandise for you.

20 Dedan was your merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

Dedan was your dealer in fine saddle blankets.

21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with you in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they your merchants.

Arabia and all the chiefs of Kedar were traders with you; they provided you with lambs, rams and goats.

22 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.

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.

23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were your merchants.

Haran, Kanneh, and Eden were traders with you, along with Sheba, Ashur, and Kilmad.

24 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.

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.

25 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.

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!

26 Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the middle of the seas.

Your rowers have brought you into vast seas; the eastern wind has broken you in the middle of them.

27 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.

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.

28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.

Cities at the sea will tremble at the sound of your pilots' cry;

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 on the land;

All those who handle oars will come down from their ships; mariners and all the pilots on the sea will stand on the land.

30 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:

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.

31 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.

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.

32 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?

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?

33 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.

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!

34 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.

But when you were shattered by the seas, by deep waters, your merchandise and all your crew sank!

35 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.

All the inhabitants of the coasts were appalled at you, and their kings shuddered in horror! Their faces trembled!

36 The merchants among the people shall hiss at you; you shall be a terror, and never shall be any more.

The merchants of the people hiss at you; you have become a horror, and you will be no more forever.”