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Ezekiel 27

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1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
1 God's Message came to me:
2 You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tzor;
2 "You, son of man, raise a funeral song over Tyre.
3 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.
3 Tell Tyre, gateway to the sea, merchant to the world, trader among the far-off islands, 'This is what God, the Master, says: "'You boast, Tyre: "I'm the perfect ship - stately, handsome."
4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.
4 You ruled the high seas from a real beauty, crafted to perfection.
5 They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Levanon to make a mast for you.
5 Your planking came from Mount Hermon junipers. A Lebanon cedar supplied your mast.
6 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.
6 They made your oars from sturdy Bashan oaks. Cypress from Cyprus inlaid with ivory was used for the decks.
7 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.
7 Your sail and flag were of colorful embroidered linen from Egypt. Your purple deck awnings also came from Cyprus.
8 The inhabitants of Tzidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tzor, were in you, they were your pilots.
8 Men of Sidon and Arvad pulled the oars. Your seasoned seamen, O Tyre, were the crew.
9 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.
9 Ship's carpenters were old salts from Byblos. All the ships of the sea and their sailors clustered around you to barter for your goods.
10 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.
10 "'Your army was composed of soldiers from Paras, Lud, and Put, Elite troops in uniformed splendor. They put you on the map!
11 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.
11 Your city police were imported from Arvad, Helech, and Gammad. They hung their shields from the city walls, a final, perfect touch to your beauty.
12 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.
12 "'Tarshish carried on business with you because of your great wealth. They worked for you, trading in silver, iron, tin, and lead for your products.
13 Yavan, Tuval, and Meshekh, they were your traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for your merchandise.
13 "'Greece, Tubal, and Meshech did business with you, trading slaves and bronze for your products.
14 They of the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses and war-horses and mules.
14 "'Beth-togarmah traded work horses, war horses, and mules for your products.
15 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.
15 "'The people of Rhodes did business with you. Many far-off islands traded with you in ivory and ebony.
16 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.
16 "'Edom did business with you because of all your goods. They traded for your products with agate, purple textiles, embroidered cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies.
17 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.
17 "'Judah and Israel did business with you. They traded for your products with premium wheat, millet, honey, oil, and balm.
18 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.
18 "'Damascus, attracted by your vast array of products and well-stocked warehouses, carried on business with you, trading in wine from Helbon and wool from Zahar.
19 Dan and Yavan traded with yarn for your wares: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were among your merchandise.
19 "'Danites and Greeks from Uzal traded with you, using wrought iron, cinnamon, and spices.
20 Dedan was your trafficker in precious cloths for riding.
20 "'Dedan traded with you for saddle blankets.
21 `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.
21 "'Arabia and all the Bedouin sheiks of Kedar traded lambs, rams, and goats with you.
22 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.
22 "'Traders from Sheba and Raamah in South Arabia carried on business with you in premium spices, precious stones, and gold.
23 Haran and Kanneh and `Eden, the traffickers of Sheva, Ashshur [and] Kilmad, were your traffickers.
23 "'Haran, Canneh, and Eden from the east in Assyria and Media traded with you,
24 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.
24 bringing elegant clothes, dyed textiles, and elaborate carpets to your bazaars.
25 The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.
25 "'The great Tarshish ships were your freighters, importing and exporting. Oh, it was big business for you, trafficking the seaways!
26 Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.
26 "'Your sailors row mightily, taking you into the high seas. Then a storm out of the east shatters your ship in the ocean deep.
27 Your riches, and your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, and the dealers in your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, with all your company which is in the midst of you, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.
27 Everything sinks - your rich goods and products, sailors and crew, ship's carpenters and soldiers, Sink to the bottom of the sea. Total shipwreck.
28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots the suburbs shall shake.
28 The cries of your sailors reverberate on shore.
29 All who handled the oar, the mariners, [and] all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand on the land,
29 Sailors everywhere abandon ship. Veteran seamen swim for dry land.
30 and shall cause their voice to be heard over you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
30 They cry out in grief, a choir of bitter lament over you. They smear their faces with ashes,
31 and they shall make themselves bald for you, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
31 shave their heads, Wear rough burlap, wildly keening their loss.
32 In their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, [saying], Who is there like Tzor, like her who is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?
32 They raise their funeral song: "Who on the high seas is like Tyre!"
33 When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many peoples; you did enrich the kings of the eretz with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.
33 "'As you crisscrossed the seas with your products, you satisfied many peoples. Your worldwide trade made earth's kings rich.
34 In the time that you were broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company did fall in the midst of you.
34 And now you're battered to bits by the waves, sunk to the bottom of the sea, And everything you've bought and sold has sunk to the bottom with you.
35 All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at you, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their face.
35 Everyone on shore looks on in terror. The hair of kings stands on end, their faces drawn and haggard!
36 The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you are become a terror, and you shall nevermore have any being.
36 The buyers and sellers of the world throw up their hands: This horror can't happen! Oh, this has happened!'"
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