12 “Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your merchandise. 13 (A)Javan, (B)Tubal, and (C)Meshech, they were your traders; with human (D)lives and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise. 14 Those from (E)Beth-togarmah gave horses, war horses, and mules for your merchandise. 15 The sons of (F)Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were [a]your market; they brought (G)ivory tusks and ebony as your payment. 16 (H)Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your [b]goods; they paid for your merchandise with [c](I)emeralds, purple, (J)colorfully woven cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies. 17 Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of (K)Minnith, [d]cakes, honey, oil, and balsam they paid for your merchandise. 18 (L)Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your [e]goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool. 19 Vedan and Javan paid for your merchandise from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia, and spice reed were among your merchandise. 20 (M)Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21 (N)Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were [f]your customers for (O)lambs, rams, and goats; for these they were your customers. 22 The traders of (P)Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your merchandise with the best of all (Q)balsam oil, and with all kinds of precious stones, and gold. 23 Haran, Canneh, (R)Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you. 24 They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of violet and colorfully woven cloth, and in blankets of two colors, and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:15 Lit the market of your hand
  2. Ezekiel 27:16 Lit works
  3. Ezekiel 27:16 Uncertain, perhaps malachite
  4. Ezekiel 27:17 Heb pannag
  5. Ezekiel 27:18 Lit works
  6. Ezekiel 27:21 Lit customers of your hand

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