Lament for Tyre
Ezekiel 27, verse 1. Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Ezekiel 27, verse 2. “Son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre, Ezekiel 27, verse 3. and you shall say to Tyre, situated at the entrance of the sea and market of the peoples on many coastlands, ‘Thus says the Lord to Tyre: “You say, ‘I clothed myself with beauty.’ Ezekiel 27, verse 4. In the heart of the sea, your sons clothed you with beauty for Beelim. Ezekiel 27, verse 5. Cedar from Senir was used by you in building. Boards of cypress timber were obtained from Lebanon to make masts of pinewood, Ezekiel 27, verse 6. and they made your oars out of wood from Bashan. They made your sacred objects from ivory, and your groves of houses out of wood from the coastlands of Cyprus. Ezekiel 27, verse 7. Your couch was made of fine embroidered linen from Egypt, to cover you with splendor, and to clothe you with blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah. They were your coverings. Ezekiel 27, verse 8. Your rulers were the inhabitants of Sidon, and the Aradians were your oarsmen. Your skilled men, O Tyre, were your pilots. Ezekiel 27, verse 9. The elders of Byblos and their wise men were in you. These men strengthened your counsel. All the ships of the sea and their oarsmen were yours, even to the far west. Ezekiel 27, verse 10. “Persians, Lydians, and Libyans were in your army. Your warriors hung shields and helmets in you, and they gave you glory. Ezekiel 27, verse 11. The sons of the Aradians and your army were upon your walls. There were guards in your towers, and they hung their quivers on the walls all around your harbors. These sons completed your beauty. Ezekiel 27, verse 12. “Those from Carthage were your merchants because of the abundance of all your strength. They furnished your marketplace with silver, gold, iron, tin, and lead. Ezekiel 27, verse 13. Greece and all the extended regions, these busied themselves in the trade of human lives and of vessels of copper for your markets. Ezekiel 27, verse 14. The house of Togarmah furnished your marketplace with horses and horsemen. Ezekiel 27, verse 15. The sons of Rodians were your traders. From the coastlands they multiplied your trade in ivory. Ezekiel 27, verse 16. To those who brought in the goods, you paid them wages in return from the abundant market of your mixed goods: myrrh and embroidered works from Tharsis, and even people as merchandise. Ramoth and Chorchor also traded with you. Ezekiel 27, verse 17. Judah and the sons of Israel, these traded with you. They traded in your marketplace the sale of wheat, myrrh, cassia, fine honey, oil, and resin. Ezekiel 27, verse 18. Damascus was a merchant in your marketplace because of the abundance of all your power: wine from Helbon and wool from Miletos. They also provided wine for your marketplace. Ezekiel 27, verse 19. From Asel, there came wrought iron and wheels for your market of mixed goods. Ezekiel 27, verse 20. Dedan was your merchant, with choice animals for chariots. Ezekiel 27, verse 21. Arabia and all the rulers of Kedar, these were your traders, bringing camels, rams, and lambs in which they traded with you. Ezekiel 27, verse 22. The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold. Ezekiel 27, verse 23. Harran and Canneh also traded with you. Assyria and Chilmad were merchants in your marketplace, Ezekiel 27, verse 24. as they brought trade in blue cloth, in choice treasures bound with ropes, and in cypress wood. Ezekiel 27, verse 25. The ships of Tarshish were your merchants in abundance, with your market of mixed goods, and you were filled and heavily loaded in the heart of the sea. Ezekiel 27, verse 26. “Your oarsmen brought you into many waters, but the south wind broke you to pieces in the heart of the sea. Ezekiel 27, verse 27. Your armies and the profits from your markets of mixed goods, your oarsmen and pilots, your counselors and merchandisers from your market of mixed goods, all your men of war who are in you, and the entire company in your midst will fall in the heart of the sea in the day of your fall. Ezekiel 27, verse 28. At the sound of your cry, your pilots will be greatly afraid. Ezekiel 27, verse 29. All who handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea will disembark from their ships and stand on the shore. Ezekiel 27, verse 30. They will cry out in pain over you. They will cry out bitterly, put dust on their heads, and spread ashes under themselves. Ezekiel 27, verse 31. Their sons will take up a song of grief and a lamentation for you, saying, Ezekiel 27, verse 32. ‘How great a profit did you find from the sea? The nations were filled from your abundance and the kings of the earth were enriched from your market of mixed goods. Ezekiel 27, verse 33. Now you are broken to pieces in the sea, in the depth of water. Your market of mixed goods and all your assembly fell in your midst, along with all your oarsmen. Ezekiel 27, verse 34. All the inhabitants of the coastlands are shocked over you. Their kings are greatly astonished, and their faces are covered with tears. Ezekiel 27, verse 35. The merchants from the nations hiss at you, for destruction has come about, and you will be no more forever.’”’”