1 The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying, 2 You, son of man,
take up a lamentation over Tyre; 3 and tell Tyre, you who dwell at the
entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many isles, thus
says the Lord Yahweh: You, Tyre, have said, I am perfect in beauty. 4 Your
borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your
beauty. 5 They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they
have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. 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 Kittim. 7 Of fine linen with embroidered
work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to you for an ensign; blue
and purple from the isles of Elishah was your awning. 8 The inhabitants of
Sidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tyre, were in you, they were
your pilots. 9 The old men of Gebal 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. 10 Persia 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. 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.
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.
13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traffickers; they traded the
persons of men and vessels of brass for your merchandise. 14 They of the
house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses and war-horses and mules.
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. 16 Syria
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. 17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were your
traffickers: they traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, and
confections, and honey, and oil, and balm. 18 Damascus 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. 19 Vedan and Javan
traded with yarn for your wares: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were among
your merchandise. 20 Dedan was your trafficker in precious cloths for
riding. 21 Arabia, 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. 22 The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were your
traffickers; they traded for your wares with the chief of all spices, and
with all precious stones, and gold. 23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the
traffickers of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were your traffickers.
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. 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. 26 Your rowers have brought you into
great waters: the east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.
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. 28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots the suburbs shall shake.
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,
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: 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. 32 In their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for
you, and lament over you, saying, Who is there like Tyre, like her
who is brought to silence in the midst of the sea? 33 When your wares went
forth out of the seas, you filled many peoples; you did enrich the kings of
the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise. 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. 35 All the
inhabitants of the isles are astonished at you, and their kings are horribly
afraid; they are troubled in their face. 36 The merchants among the
peoples hiss at you; you are become a terror, and you shall nevermore have
any being.
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