Ezekiel, 27

1. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

1. The word of Yahweh came to me in these terms,

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

2. "Son of man, intone a lament for Tyre and

3. And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, [which art] a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I [am] of perfect beauty.

3. say to her, who is gateway to the sea who trades with people on many coasts: This is what Yahweh says: Tyre, you were satisfied with your perfect beauty.

4. Thy borders [are] in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

4. Your borders were in the heart of the sea and your builders perfected your beauty;

5. They have made all thy [ship] boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

5. all your planks were made of the wood of fir trees, your masts from the cedars of Lebanon and

6. [Of] the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches [of] ivory, [brought] out of the isles of Chittim.

6. your oars from the oak of Bashan. Your decks were of cedar from the coast of Cyprus inlaid with ivory.

7. Fine linen with broidered 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.

7. Embroidered linen from Egypt was used for your sails which served as your ensign. Your awning was made of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah.

8. The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise [men], O Tyrus, [that] were in thee, were thy pilots.

8. Your oarsmen were citizens of Sidon and Arvad. The most skilled men from Zemer served you as pilots,

9. The ancients 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 occupy thy merchandise.

9. veteran craftsmen from Gebal were on board to seal your seams. All the ships of the seas with their crews called on you to barter for your wares.

10. They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.

10. Persia, Lud and Put served in your army as men of war. They brought you splendor and hung their bucklers and helmets on your walls.

11. The men of Arvad with thine army [were] upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

11. The men of Arvad and Helech watched all around your walls; men of Gamad guarded your towers and hung their shields on your walls completing your magnificence.

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.

12. Tarshish traded with you because of your abundant wealth, supplying your markets with silver, iron, tin and lead.

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

13. Javan, Tubal and Mishech trafficked with you, providing you with slaves and articles in bronze.

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

14. People of Togarmah exchanged work horses, war horses and mules for your wares.

15. The men of Dedan [were] thy merchants; many isles [were] the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee [for] a present horns of ivory and ebony.

15. The men of Rhodes traded with you and many coastlands were your customers; in payment they gave ivory tusks and ebony wood.

16. Syria [was] thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

16. Edom trafficked with you because of your many products and provided your markets with turquoise, purple fabric, embroidered cloth, fine linen, coral and rubies.

17. Judah, and the land of Israel, they [were] thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

17. Judah and Israel sold you wheat from Minnith, millet, honey, oil and resin.

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.

18. Damascus traded with you because of your abundant wares and provided you with wine from Helbon and white wool.

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

19. Danites and Greeks from Uzal exchanged wrought iron, cassia and calamus for your merchandise.

20. Dedan [was] thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

20. Dedan supplied you with saddle blankets.

21. Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these [were they] thy merchants.

21. Arabia and all the princes of Kedar carried on a lively trade with you in lambs, rams and goats.

22. The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they [were] thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

22. Merchants from Sheba and Raamah provided your markets with all kinds of high grade spices, precious stones and gold.

23. Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, [and] Chilmad, [were] thy merchants.

23. Haran, Canneh, Eden, Asshur and Chilmad

24. These [were] thy 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 thy merchandise.

24. traded with you in beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered cloth, colored rugs with twisted and tightly-knotted cords.

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.

25. The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. You lay filled and heavy in the midst of the ocean.

26. Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

26. Your mariners led you to the high sea and the east wind wrecked you in the sea.

27. Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers 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.

27. Your riches, wares, merchandise, your seamen and sailors, those who repaired your seams, and assured your trade, your men of war with all the passengers sank into the depths of the sea on the day of your shipwreck.

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

28. At the cries of your seamen the coasts quaked

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;

29. and the oarsmen came from their ships; sailors and seamen went ashore.

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:

30. They mourn and weep bitterly for you, throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.

31. And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart [and] bitter wailing.

31. Because of you they shave their heads and wear sackcloth. In the bitterness of their hearts they weep and intone a bitter lament for you.

32. And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, [saying], What [city is] like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?

32. A funeral song is heard: Who was like Tyre, now silent in the midst of the ocean?

33. When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.

33. How many nations you provided with the goods unloaded from distant shores! With your abundant riches and commerce you enriched the kings of the earth,

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.

34. but now you are shattered by the sea, engulfed in its depths. Your wares and all your company have gone down!

35. All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in [their] countenance.

35. All who live on the coasts are appalled because of you, their kings shudder, and fall prostrate.

36. The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never [shalt be] any more.

36. The merchants of the nations hiss at you, you are an object of dread. You have gone forever."