The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 27 The Lamentation over Tyre

 The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 27

The Lamentation over Tyre

1 The word of the Lord came to me:

2 “Son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre.

3 Say to Tyre, who dwells by the sea, who trades with the peoples on many islands, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “O Tyre, you say, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

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

5 They made all your decks of fir trees from Senir; they brought cedars from Lebanon to make masts for you.

6 They made your oars of oaks from Baashan; the company of Assyrians made your benches of ivory from the islands of Kittites.

7 Your curtain was made of fine embroidered linen from Egypt, to serve as your sail; blue and purple from the islands of Elishah were your covering.

8 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your wise men, O Tyre, who were in you, were your pilots.

9 The elders of Gebal and their wise men were in you who repaired your breaches; all the ships of the sea and the sailors were in you, to deal with your business.

10 The Persians, and the Lydians, and the men of Put were your soldiers in your army; they hung shields and helmets on you; they made your beauty.

11 The sons of Arvad and your army were on your walls all around, and the Gammadites on your towers; they hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

12 Tarshish traded with you because of the abundance of all kinds of goods: they traded in silver, iron, tin, and lead at your markets.

13 Javan, Turbal, and Meshech were your merchants; they traded with you in the souls of men and vessels of bronze.

14 From the houses of Togarmah they brought horses, horsemen, and mules to your markets;

15 The sons of Dedan were your merchants; many islands were the market of your hand; they brought you ivory tusks and ebony as gifts.

16 Syria traded with you because of the abundance of your works: they brought emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, silk, coral, and crystal to your markets.

17 Judah and the land of Israel were your merchants; they traded with you in wheat from Minnith and Panag, honey, oil, and balm.

18 Damascus traded with you because of the abundance of your works, because of the abundance of all kinds of goods, with wine from Helbon and white wool.

19 Dan and Javan the traveler also traded in your markets; polished iron, bark, and aromatic cane were part of your trade.

20 Dedan traded with you in fine cloth for chariots.

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

22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were your merchants in all kinds of spices, and in every precious stone and gold they traded in your markets.

23 Haran, and Kaneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.

24 These were your merchants in all kinds of merchandise, in bundles of jacinth and embroidered work, and in chests of precious garments, bound with cords and made of cedar.

25 The ships of Tarshish were your caravans, because of your trade; and you were filled, and you were greatly glorified in the midst of the seas.

26 Your oarsmen carried you over great waters; the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas.

27 Your goods and your markets, your business, your sailors, and your pilots, those who repaired your breaches, and those who conducted your business, and all your soldiers who are with you, together with all your congregation who are in your midst, will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your downfall.

28 At the sound of the shouting of your pilots, the suburbs will tremble.

29 And all who take up the oar, the sailors, and all the pilots of the sea will come down from their ships and stand on the land.

30 And they will make their voice heard against you, and they will cry bitterly; and they will throw dust on their heads, and wallow in ashes.

31 And they will make themselves completely bald because of you, and they will gird themselves with sackcloth, and they will weep over you with bitterness of soul, with bitter lamentation.

32 And they shall bear a lamentation over thee in their weeping, and they shall lament over thee, saying, Who is Tyre, as one that is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?

33 When thy merchandise was exported by the seas, thou didst satisfy many peoples with the multitude of thy goods and thy business; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth.

34 In the time when thou wast broken in the seas, in the depths of the waters, thy business was brought down, and all thy congregation in the midst of thee.

35 All the inhabitants of the isles were filled with astonishment because of thee; and their kings trembled greatly, and were troubled in their faces.

36 The merchants of the peoples hissed over thee: thou hast become a great horror, and thou shalt never be again forever.