and say to Tyre, (A)who dwells at the [a]entrance to the sea, (B)merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘Thus says the Lord [b]God,

“O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
“Your borders are in the heart of the seas;
Your builders have perfected your beauty.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:3 Lit entrances
  2. Ezekiel 27:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch

Therefore, behold, I will bring (A)strangers upon you,
The (B)most ruthless of the nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And defile your splendor.

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