Ezekiel 27

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

2 “And you, son of man, take up concerning Tyre a lamentation,

3 and to Tyre, the one dwelling at the entrances of the sea, being merchant of the peoples on many coasts, say, thus says the Lord YHWH: O Tyre, you have said: ‘I [am] perfect in beauty.’

4 In the midst of the seas [are] your borders, [and] your builders have perfected your beauty.

5 With cypress from Senir they have built for you all [your] planks; a cedar from Lebanon they took to make a mast for you.

6 Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; your boards they have made with ivory, of the daughter of the Ashurites from the coasts of Kittim.

7 Of fine linen with embroidery from Egypt was your sail, to be for you a banner; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your awning.

8 Those dwelling in Sidon and Arvad were the rowers for you; your wise men, O Tyre, were in you—they [were] your pilots.

9 Elders of Gebal and her wise men were in you, strengthening your breaches; all the ships of the sea and their sailors were in you, to offer merchandise to you.

10 Persia and Lydia and Libya were in your force, as men of war for you; shield and helmet they hung within you—they gave splendor to you.

11 The sons of Arvad and Helech [were] on your walls round about, and the Gammadites were on your towers; their shields they hung on your walls round about—they perfected your beauty.

12 Tarshish [was] your merchant, from the abundance of all wealth—in silver, iron, tin, and lead—they gave [for] your wares.

13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they traded in souls of man and vessels of bronze—they gave [for] your merchandise.

14 From the house of Togarmah, horses and steeds and mules they gave [for] your wares.

15 The sons of Dedan were your traders, many coastlands [were] your market of your hand; horns of ivory and ebony they returned as your payment.

16 Aram [was] your merchant, from the abundance of your works in turquoise, purple, and embroidery, and fine linen, and corals, and rubies—they gave [for] your wares.

17 Judah and the land of Israel they traded with you in wheat of Minnith, and meal, and honey, and oil, and balm—they gave [for] your merchandise.

18 Damascus traded with you for the abundance of your works, from the abundance of all [your] wealth—with wine of Helbon and with wool of Sahar.

19 And casks of wine from Izal they gave for your wares; smoothed iron, cassia, and cane were among your merchandise.

20 Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.

21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they [were] trading with you in lambs, and rams, and goats—in these they were your merchants.

22 The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you in the choicest of all spice, and in every of precious stone, and gold—they gave [for] your wares.

23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, were traders of Sheba, Assyria, [and] Chilmad traded with you;

24 they traded with you—in fine, garments of blue, embroidered work, rugs and multicolored, with cords tightly twisted and knotted—for your marketplace.

25 The ships of Tarshish were the transporters of your merchandise, and you were full and very heavy in the midst of the seas.

26 Into many waters they have brought you, those rowing for you; a wind from the east has broken you in the midst of the seas.

27 Your riches, and your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, the repairers of your breach[es], and those offering your merchandise, and all [your] men of war who [are] in you, and all your assembled [force] which [is] in your midst, will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your downfall!

28 At the sound of the cry of your sailors the common lands will shake,

29 and they will come down from their ships—all those handling the oar, the mariners [and] all the sailors of the sea will stand at the shore.

30 And they will make heard over you their voice, and they will cry out bitterly, and they will bring up dust upon their heads; they will roll about in ashes.

31 And they will shave themselves bald because of you, and they will gird themselves with sackcloth and weep for you with bitterness of heart—bitter wailing.

32 And they will lift up a lamentation for you in their wailing, and they will lament over you: ‘Who [was] like Tyre, silenced in the midst of the sea?

33 In the going forth of your wares from the sea, you satisfied many people; with the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise, you enriched the kings of the earth.

34 In time [you] are broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your assembly have fallen in your midst.

35 All those dwelling in the coasts are appalled over you, and their kings bristle [with] bristling; the faces trembled.

36 The traders among the nations hiss at you; you have become a horror, and you will be no more, even to forever!’”