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The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
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You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tzor;
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and tell Tzor, you who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many isles, thus says the Lord GOD: You, Tzor, have said, I am perfect in beauty.
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Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.
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They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Levanon to make a mast for you.
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Of the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars; they have made your benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittiyim.
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Of fine linen with embroidered work from Mitzrayim was your sail, that it might be to you for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was your awning.
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The inhabitants of Tzidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tzor, were in you, they were your pilots.
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The old men of Geval and the wise men of it were in you your repairers of ship seams: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise.
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Paras and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness.
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The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls round about, and valorous men were in your towers; they hanged their shields on your walls round about; they have perfected your beauty.
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Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for your wares.
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Yavan, Tuval, and Meshekh, they were your traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for your merchandise.
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They of the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses and war-horses and mules.
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The men of Dedan were your traffickers; many isles were the market of your hand: they brought you in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.
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Aram was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks: they traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
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Yehudah, and Eretz-Yisra'el, they were your traffickers: they traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnit, and confections, and honey, and oil, and balm.
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Dammesek was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
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Dan and Yavan traded with yarn for your wares: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were among your merchandise.
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Dedan was your trafficker in precious cloths for riding.
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`Arav, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of your hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they your merchants.
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The traffickers of Sheva and Ra`mah, they were your traffickers; they traded for your wares with the chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
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Haran and Kanneh and `Eden, the traffickers of Sheva, Ashshur [and] Kilmad, were your traffickers.
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These were your traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and embroidered work, and in chests of rich clothing, bound with cords and made of cedar, among your merchandise.
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The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.