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“‘O mighty seaport city, merchant center of the world, the Lord God speaks. You say, “I am the most beautiful city in all the world.” You have extended your boundaries out into the sea; your architects have made you glorious. You are like a ship built of finest fir from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

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Say to Tyre,(A) situated at the gateway to the sea,(B) merchant of peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘You say, Tyre,
    “I am perfect in beauty.(C)
Your domain was on the high seas;
    your builders brought your beauty to perfection.(D)
They made all your timbers
    of juniper from Senir[a];(E)
they took a cedar from Lebanon(F)
    to make a mast for you.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:5 That is, Mount Hermon