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1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
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The word of the Lord came to me:
2 Thou therefore, O son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre:
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Now you, mortal, raise a lamentation over Tyre,
3 And say to Tyre that dwelleth at the entry of the sea, being the mart of the people for many islands: Thus saith the Lord God: O Tyre, thou hast said: I am of perfect beauty,
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and say to Tyre, which sits at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, Thus says the Lord God: O Tyre, you have said, "I am perfect in beauty."
4 And situate in the heart of the sea. Thy neighbours, that built thee, have perfected thy beauty:
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Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders made perfect your beauty.
5 With fir trees of Sanir they have built thee with all sea planks: they have taken cedars from Libanus to make thee masts.
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They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
6 They have cut thy oars out of the oaks of Basan: and they have made thee benches of Indian ivory and cabins with things brought from the islands of Italy.
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From oaks of Bashan they made your oars; they made your deck of pines from the coasts of Cyprus, inlaid with ivory.
7 Fine broidered linen from Egypt was woven for thy sail, to be spread on thy mast: blue and purple from the islands of Elisa, were made thy covering.
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Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your ensign; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your awning.
8 The inhabitants of Sidon, and the Arabians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were thy pilots.
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The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; skilled men of Zemer were within you, they were your pilots.
9 The ancients of Gebal, and the wise men thereof furnished mariners for the service of thy various furniture: all the ships of the sea, and their mariners were thy factors.
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The elders of Gebal and its artisans were within you, caulking your seams; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were within you, to barter for your wares.
10 The Persians, and Lydians, and the Libyans were thy soldiers in thy army: they hung up the buckler and the helmet in thee for thy ornament.
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Paras and Lud and Put were in your army, your mighty warriors; they hung shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.
11 The men of Arad were with thy army upon thy walls round about: the Pygmeans also that were in thy towers, hung up their quivers on thy walls round about: they perfected thy beauty.
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Men of Arvad and Helech were on your walls all around; men of Gamad were at your towers. They hung their quivers all around your walls; they made perfect your beauty.
12 The Carthaginians thy merchants supplied thy fairs with a multitude of all kinds of riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead,
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Tarshish did business with you out of the abundance of your great wealth; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares.
13 Greece, Thubal, and Mosoch, they were thy merchants, they brought to thy people slaves and vessels of brass.
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Javan, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.
14 From the house of Thogorma they brought horses, and horsemen, and mules to thy market.
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Beth-togarmah exchanged for your wares horses, war horses, and mules.
15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants: many islands were the traffic of thy hand, they exchanged for thy price teeth of ivory and ebony.
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The Rhodians traded with you; many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony.
16 The Syrian was thy merchant: by reason of the multitude of thy works, they set forth precious stories, and purple, and broidered works, and fine linen, and silk, and chodchod in thy market.
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Edom did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.
17 Juda and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants with the best corn: they set forth balm, and honey, and oil and rosin in thy fairs.
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Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise wheat from Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and balm.
18 The men of Damascus were thy merchants in the multitude of thy works, the multitude of divers riches, in rich wine, in wool of the best colour.
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Damascus traded with you for your abundant goods—because of your great wealth of every kind—wine of Helbon, and white wool.
19 Dan, and Greece, and Mosel have set forth in thy marts wrought iron: stacte, and calamus were in thy market.
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Vedan and Javan from Uzal entered into trade for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were bartered for your merchandise.
20 The men of Dedan were thy merchants in tapestry for seats.
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Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.
21 Arabia, and all the princes of Cedar, they were the merchants of thy hand: thy merchants came to thee with lambs, and rams, and kids.
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Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your favored dealers in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you.
22 The sellers of Saba, and Reema, they were thy merchants: with all the best spices, and precious stones, and gold, which they set forth in thy market.
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The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; they exchanged for your wares the best of all kinds of spices, and all precious stones, and gold.
23 Haran, and Chene, and Eden were thy merchants; Saba, Assur, and Chelmad sold to thee.
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Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.
24 They were thy merchants in divers manners, with bales of blue cloth, and of embroidered work, and of precious riches, which were wrapped up and bound with cords: they had cedars also in thy merchandise.
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These traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure; in these they traded with you.
25 The ships of the sea, were thy chief in thy merchandise: and thou wast replenished, and glorified exceedingly in the heart of the sea.
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The ships of Tarshish traveled for you in your trade. So you were filled and heavily laden in the heart of the seas.
26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the south wind hath broken thee in the heart of the sea.
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Your rowers have brought you into the high seas. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.
27 Thy riches, and thy treasures, and thy manifold furniture, thy mariners, and thy pilots, who kept thy goods, and were chief over thy people: thy men of war also, that were in thee, with all thy multitude that is in the midst of thee: shall fall in the heart of the sea in the day of thy ruin.
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Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, and all your warriors within you, with all the company that is with you, sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your ruin.
28 Thy fleets shall be troubled at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
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At the sound of the cry of your pilots the countryside shakes,
29 And all that handled the oar shall come down from their ships: the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea shall stand upon the land:
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and down from their ships come all that handle the oar. The mariners and all the pilots of the sea stand on the shore
30 And they shall mourn over thee with a loud voice and shall cry bitterly: and they shall cast up dust upon their heads and shall be sprinkled with ashes.
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and wail aloud over you, and cry bitterly. They throw dust on their heads and wallow in ashes;
31 And they shall shave themselves bald for thee, and shall be girded with haircloth: and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of soul, with most bitter weeping.
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they make themselves bald for you, and put on sackcloth, and they weep over you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning.
32 And they shall take up a mournful song for thee, and shall lament thee: What city is like Tyre, which is become silent in the midst of the sea?
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In their wailing they raise a lamentation for you, and lament over you: "Who was ever destroyed like Tyre in the midst of the sea?
33 Which by thy merchandise that went from thee by sea didst fill many people: which by the multitude of thy riches, and of thy people didst enrich the kings of the earth.
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When your wares came from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with your abundant wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth.
34 Now thou art destroyed by the sea, thy riches are in the bottom of the waters, and all the multitude that was in the midst of thee is fallen.
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Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your crew have sunk with you.
35 All the inhabitants of the islands are astonished at thee: and all their kings being struck with the storm have changed their countenance.
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All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you; and their kings are horribly afraid, their faces are convulsed.
36 The merchants of people have hissed at thee: thou art brought to nothing, and thou shalt never be any more.
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The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever."
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