Ezekiel
Chapter 27
1
The word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar} of Jehovah/God
came
again unto me, saying, 2
"Now,
you son of man,
take
up a lamentation for Tyrus. 3
And
say unto Tyrus,
O
you who are situate at the entry of the sea,
who
are a merchant of the people for many isles . . .
thus
said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah.
'O Tyrus, you have said, I am of perfect beauty. 4
Your
borders are in the midst of the seas,
your
builders have perfected your beauty. 5
They have made all your ship boards of fir trees of Senir.
They have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for you all. 6
Of
the oaks of Bashan
have
they made your oars.
The
company of the Ashurites
have
made your benches of ivory,
brought
out of the isles of Chittim. 7
Fine
linen with broidered work from Egypt
was
that which you spread forth to be your sail.
Blue
and purple from the isles of Elishah
was
that which covered you. 8
The
inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad
were
your mariners.
Your
wise men, O Tyrus,
that
were in you all, were your pilots. 9
The
ancients of Gebal
and
the wise men thereof
were
in you
your
calkers.
All
the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you
to
occupy your merchandise. 10
Those
of Persia and of Lud and of Phut
were
in your army,
your
men of war.
They hanged the shield and helmet in you.
They set forth your comeliness. 11
The
men of Arvad
with
your army were
upon
your walls round about,
and
the Gammadims
were
in your towers.
They hanged their shields upon your walls round about.
They have made your beauty perfect. 12
Tarshish
was your merchant
by
reason of the multitude of all kind of riches.
With silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your fairs. 13
Javan,
Tubal, and Meshech,
they
were your merchants.
They
traded the persons of men and vessels of brass
in
your market. 14
They
of the house of Togarmah
traded
in your fairs with horses and horsemen and mules. 15
The men of Dedan were your merchants.
Many isles were the merchandise of your hand.
They brought you for a present horns of ivory and ebony. 16
Syria
was your merchant by reason of the multitude
of
the wares of your making.
They
occupied in your fairs with emeralds,
purple,
and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. 17
Judah,
and the land of Israel,
they
were your merchants.
They
traded in your market
wheat
of Minnith, and pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. 18
Damascus
was your merchant in the multitude
of
the wares of your making,
for
the multitude of all riches . . .
in
the wine of Helbon, and white wool. 19
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in your fairs.
Bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in your market. 20
Dedan was your merchant in precious clothes for chariots. 21
Arabia,
and all the princes of Kedar,
they
occupied with you in lambs, and rams, and goats.
In these were they your merchants. 22
The
merchants of Sheba and Raamah,
they
were your merchants.
They
occupied in your fairs with chief of all spices,
and
with all precious stones, and gold. 23
Haran,
and Canneh, and Eden,
the
merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad,
were
your merchants. 24
These
were your merchants in all sorts of things,
in
blue clothes, and broidered work,
and
in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords,
and
made of cedar, among your merchandise. 25
The ships of Tarshish did sing of you in your market.
And
you were replenished,
and
made very glorious in the midst of the seas. 26
Your rowers have brought you into great waters.
The east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas. 27
Your
riches, and your fairs, your merchandise,
your
mariners, and your pilots, your calkers,
and
the occupiers of your merchandise,
and
all your men of war, that are in you,
and
in all your company
which
is in the midst of you,
shall
fall into the midst of the seas in the day of your ruin. 28
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots. 29
And
all who handle the oar,
the
mariners,
and
all the pilots of the sea,
shall
come down from their ships,
they
shall stand upon the land. 30
And
shall cause their voice to be heard against you,
and
shall cry bitterly,
and
shall cast up dust upon their heads,
they
shall wallow themselves in the ashes. 31
And
they shall make themselves utterly bald for you,
and
gird them with sackcloth,
and
they shall weep for you
with
bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. 32
And
in their wailing
they
shall take up a lamentation for you,
and
lament over you, saying,
'What
city is like Tyrus,
like
the destroyed in the midst of the sea?' 33
When
your wares went forth out of the seas,
you
filled many people.
You
did enrich the kings of the earth
with
the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise. 34
In
the time when you shall be broken
by
the seas in the depths of the waters
your
merchandise and all your company
in
the midst of you shall fall. 35
All
the inhabitants of the isles
shall
be astonished at you,
and
their kings shall be sore afraid,
they
shall be troubled in their countenance. 36
The merchants among the people shall hiss at you.
You shall be a terror, and never shall be any more."
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