Chapter 27

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,²

Now, thou son of man, take up³ a lamentation for Tyrus;

And say¹ unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate⁶ at the entry of the sea, [which art] a merchant⁶ of the people for many isles, Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said,¹ I [am] of perfect beauty.

Thy borders [are] in the midst of the seas, thy builders⁶ have perfected¹ thy beauty.

They have made¹ all thy [ship] boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken¹ cedars from Lebanon to make² masts for thee.

[Of] the oaks of Bashan have they made¹ thine oars; the company of the Ashurites ⁸³⁸ have made¹ thy benches [of] ivory, [brought] out of the isles of Chittim.

Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.

The inhabitants⁶ of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners:⁵ thy wise [men], O Tyrus, [that] were in thee, were thy pilots.

The ancients of Gebal and the wise [men] thereof were in thee thy calkers: ^{2388 56} all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy² thy merchandise.

They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged¹⁴ the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth¹ thy comeliness.

The men of Arvad with thine army [were] upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged¹⁴ their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.¹

Tarshish [was] thy merchant⁶ by reason of the multitude of all [kind of] riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded¹ in thy fairs.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they [were] thy merchants:⁶ they traded¹ the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

They of the house of Togarmah traded¹ in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.

The men of Dedan [were] thy merchants;⁶ many isles [were] the merchandise of thine hand: they brought⁵² thee [for] a present horns of ivory and ebony.

Syria [was] thy merchant⁶ by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied¹ in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

Judah, and the land of Israel, they [were] thy merchants:⁶ they traded¹ in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

Damascus [was] thy merchant⁶ in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

Dan ¹⁸³⁵ also and Javan going to and fro³⁰ occupied¹ in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

Dedan [was] thy merchant⁶ in precious clothes for chariots.

Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied⁶ with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these [were they] thy merchants.⁶

The merchants⁶ of Sheba and Raamah, they [were] thy merchants:⁶ they occupied¹ in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants⁶ of Sheba, Asshur, [and] Chilmad, [were] thy merchants.⁶

These [were] thy merchants⁶ in all sorts [of things], in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound⁷ with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

The ships of Tarshish did sing⁶ of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished,¹¹ and made very glorious⁴ in the midst of the seas.

Thy rowers⁵ have brought⁵² thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken¹ thee in the midst of the seas.

Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, ^{2388 56} and the occupiers⁶ of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that [are] in thee, and in all thy company which [is] in the midst of thee, shall fall⁴ into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

The suburbs shall shake⁴ at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.

And all that handle⁶ the oar, the mariners, [and] all the pilots of the sea, shall come down¹ from their ships, they shall stand⁴ upon the land;

And shall cause their voice to be heard⁵² against thee, and shall cry⁴ bitterly, and shall cast up⁵⁵ dust upon their heads, they shall wallow¹⁰¹ themselves in the ashes:

And they shall make themselves utterly bald⁵² for thee, and gird¹ them with sackcloth, and they shall weep¹ for thee with bitterness of heart [and] bitter wailing.

And in their wailing they shall take up¹ a lamentation for thee, and lament³¹ over thee, [saying], What [city is] like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?

When thy wares went forth² out of the seas, thou filledst⁵² many people; thou didst enrich⁵² the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.

In the time [when] thou shalt be broken¹² by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.¹

All the inhabitants⁶ of the isles shall be astonished¹ at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid,¹ they shall be troubled¹ in [their] countenance.

The merchants⁶ among the people shall hiss¹ at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never [shalt be] any more. ⁵⁷⁶⁹