27:3 and say to Tyre which is enthroned at the entrance to the sea and serves as the center of trade between the nations and many coastlands: Thus says the Lord God: O Tyre, you often used to declare, “I am a ship perfect in beauty.”
27:4 Your frontiers bordered the high seas, and your builders perfected your beauty.
27:5 They used cypress from Senir to construct all your planks; they took cedar of Lebanon to make a mast above you.
27:6 From oaks of Bashan, they made your oars; they constructed your deck with cypress from the coasts of Kittim.
27:7 Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was used for your sail and also for your flag. Purple and scarlet from the coasts of Elishah served as your awnings.
27:8 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad served as your oarsmen. Skilled men of Zemer were aboard to act as your sailors.
27:9 The elders and craftsmen were available to caulk your seams. All the ships of the sea with their sailors came to you to trade for your wares.
27:10 Men from Persia and Lud and Put served as warriors in your army. They proudly displayed on your walls their shields and helmets to bring you splendor.
27:11 Men of Arvad and Helech guarded your walls on every side, while the men of Gamad manned your towers. They hung their shields all around your walls, thereby perfecting your beauty.
27:12 Tarshish traded with you because of the vast abundance of your wealth, exchanging silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.
27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech also traded with you, exchanging slaves and articles of bronze for your merchandise.
27:14 Beth-togarmah exchanged horses, steeds, and mules for your wares.
27:15 The Rhodians dealt with you; many islands engaged in trade with you and paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.
27:16 Edom traded with you because of the large variety of your products; for your wares they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.
27:17 Judah and the land of Israel also traded with you, exchanging for your goods wheat, figs, honey, oil, and balm.
27:18 Damascus traded with you because of your great wealth, offering to you wine from Helbon and wool from Zahar.
27:19 Danites and Javanites traded wrought iron, cassia, and aromatic cane from Uzal for your wares,
27:20 while Dedan traded with you for saddle blankets.
27:21 Arabia and all the sheikhs of Kedar were your customers, paying you with lambs, rams, and goats.
27:22 Merchants from Sheba and Raamah traded with you, offering in exchange the finest spices, every kind of precious stones, and gold.
27:23 Haran, Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you,
27:24 offering in return rich garments, embroidered purple cloaks, and materials of many colors bound with cords that were firmly woven.
27:25 The ships of Tarshish were employed as carriers for your wares. Therefore, you were filled and heavily laden as you sailed the high seas.
27:26 Your oarsmen rowed through deep waters on their journey home. But the east wind wrecked you when you were far out at sea.
27:27 Your riches, your goods, your cargo, your sailors and your crew, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, and all their warriors and passengers sank into the depths of the sea on the day of your shipwreck.
27:28 The coasts will begin to quake upon hearing the cries of your sailors.
27:29 Then those who handle the oars will begin to desert their ships. The sailors and all the seafaring people will remain ashore.
27:30 They will mourn aloud over you and weep bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
27:31 They will shave their heads for you and put on sackcloth. For you, they will weep in anguish and with heartfelt bitterness.
27:32 In their mourning, they will raise a dirge and lament over you: Who was ever destroyed like Tyre in the midst of the sea?
27:33 When your goods were unloaded, you satisfied a multitude of peoples. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.
27:34 Now you have been demolished by the sea in the watery depths. Your merchandise and all your crew have gone down with you.
27:35 All who dwell on the coastlands are aghast at your fate. Their kings are horrified; their faces are convulsed.
27:36 The merchants among the nations now hiss at you. Destruction has overwhelmed you, and you will be no more.
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