The Book of Ezekiel
27: 1The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying, 27:2And thou, son of man,
take up a lamentation over Tyre; 27:3and say unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest at the
entry of the sea, that art the merchant of the peoples unto many isles, thus saith
the Lord Jehovah: Thou, O Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty. 27:4Thy borders
are in the heart of the seas; thy builders have perfected thy beauty. 27:5They have
made all thy planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for thee. 27:6Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; they
have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim. 27:7Of
fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee
for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning. 27:8The
inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were in
thee, they were thy pilots. 27:9The old men of Gebal and the wise men thereof were
in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to deal
in thy merchandise. 27:10Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army, thy men of war:
they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. 27:11The
men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and valorous
men were in thy towers; they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about;
they have perfected thy beauty. 27:12Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the
multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for thy
wares. 27:13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the
persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise. 27:14They of the house of
Togarmah traded for thy wares with horses and war-horses and mules. 27:15The men
of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand: they brought
thee in exchange horns of ivory and ebony. 27:16Syria was thy merchant by reason
of the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded for thy wares with emeralds,
purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies. 27:17Judah, and
the land of Israel, they were thy traffickers: they traded for thy merchandise wheat
of Minnith, and pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. 27:18Damascus was thy
merchant for the multitude of thy handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all
kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool. 27:19Vedan and Javan
traded with yarn for thy wares: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy
merchandise. 27:20Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding. 27:21Arabia,
and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and
rams, and goats, in these were they thy merchants. 27:22The traffickers of Sheba and
Raamah, they were thy traffickers; they traded for thy wares with the chief of all
spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. 27:23Haran and Canneh and Eden, the
traffickers of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were thy traffickers. 27:24These were thy
traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in
chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and made of cedar, among thy
merchandise. 27:25The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy merchandise: and
thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas. 27:26Thy
rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the
heart of the seas. 27:27Thy riches, and thy wares, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and
thy pilots, thy calkers, and the dealers in thy merchandise, and all thy men of war,
that are in thee, with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into
the heart of the seas in the day of thy ruin. 27:28At the sound of the cry of thy pilots
the suburbs shall shake. 27:29And all that handled the oar, the mariners, and all the
pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand upon the land,
27:30and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall
cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: 27:31and
they shall make themselves bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they
shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning. 27:32And in their
wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying,
Who is there like Tyre, like her that is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?
27:33When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many peoples; thou
didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy
merchandise. 27:34In the time that thou wast broken by the seas in the depths of the
waters, thy merchandise and all thy company did fall in the midst of thee. 27:35All
the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at thee, and their kings are horribly
afraid; they are troubled in their countenance. 27:36The merchants among the
peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt nevermore have any
being.