Tyre, you declared,
‘I am perfect in beauty.’
⁴ Your realm was in the heart of the sea;
your builders perfected your beauty.
⁵ They constructed all your planking
with pine trees from Senir.^[a](C)
They took a cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.
⁶ They made your oars of oaks from Bashan.
They made your deck of cypress wood
from the coasts of Cyprus,^(D)
inlaid with ivory.
⁷ Your sail was made of
fine embroidered linen from Egypt,
and served as your banner.
Your awning was of blue and purple fabric
from the coasts of Elishah.
⁸ The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad^(E)
were your rowers.
Your wise men were within you, Tyre;
they were your captains.
⁹ The elders of Gebal and its wise men^(F)
were within you, repairing your leaks.

All the ships of the sea and their sailors
came to^[b] you to barter for your goods.
¹⁰ Men of Persia, Lud, and Put^(G)
were in your army, serving as your warriors.
They hung shields and helmets in you;
they gave you splendor.
¹¹ Men of Arvad and Helech
were stationed on your walls all around,
and Gammadites were in your towers.
They hung their shields^[c] all around your walls;
they perfected your beauty.

So you became full and heavily loaded^[q]
in the heart of the sea.
²⁶ Your rowers have brought you
onto the high seas,^(V)
but the east wind has shattered you
in the heart of the sea.
²⁷ Your wealth, merchandise, and goods,
your sailors and captains,
those who repair your leaks,
those who barter for your goods,
and all the warriors within you,
with all the other people on board,^[r]
sink into the heart of the sea
on the day of your downfall.

²⁸ The countryside shakes
at the sound of your sailors’ cries.^(W)
29 All those who handle an oar
disembark from their ships.
The sailors and all the captains of the sea
stand on the shore.
³⁰ They raise their voices over you
and cry out bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads;^(X)
they roll in ashes.
³¹ They shave their heads because of you
and wrap themselves in sackcloth.
They weep over you
with deep anguish and bitter mourning.

³² In their wailing they lament for you,^(Y)
mourning over you:
Who was like Tyre,
silenced^[s] in the middle of the sea?
³³ When your merchandise was unloaded from the seas,
you satisfied many peoples.
You enriched the kings of the earth
with your abundant wealth and goods.
³⁴ Now you are shattered by the sea
in the depths of the waters;
your goods and the people within you
have gone down.
³⁵ All the inhabitants of the coasts and islands
are appalled^(Z) at you.
Their kings shudder with fear;
their faces are contorted.
³⁶ Those who trade among the peoples
mock^[t](AA) you;
you have become an object of horror
and will never exist again.”^(AB)