Ezekiel 27:3-9

GOD’S WORD Translation

³Tyre is the city at the entrance to the sea. It is the merchant to the nations. Say to Tyre, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says:

Tyre, you used to brag about your perfect beauty.
⁴Your home is the sea.

“ ‘Your builders made your beauty perfect.
⁵Your builders made all your boards from pine trees on Mount Hermon.
They took cedar trees from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
⁶They made your oars from oaks in Bashan.
They made your deck from pine trees on the shores of Cyprus.
It had ivory set in it.
⁷Your sails were made out of fine embroidered linen from Egypt.
They were like your flags.
Your awnings were violet and purple.
They came from the coasts of Elishah.
⁸People from Sidon and Arvad used to row you.
Your own skilled people were your sailors.
⁹Master shipbuilders from Gebal went inside you to caulk your seams.
All the ships on the sea and their sailors
docked alongside you to trade with you.