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Ezekiel 27
Lexham English Bible
Ezekiel 27
Lexham English Bible
A Lament for Doomed Tyre
27 And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me, saying,[b] 2 “And you, son of man,[c] raise a lament against Tyre. 3 And you must say to Tyre, the one who sits at the entrance of the sea as the merchant of the peoples to the many coastlands, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Tyre, you yourself said[d]
“I am perfect in beauty!”[e]
4 In the heart of the seas are your boundaries;
your builders perfected your beauty.
5 They built with pine trees from Senir
all of your boards for you;
they took cedars from Lebanon
to make a sailing mast for you.[f]
6 They made your oars
with oaks from Bashan;
your deck they made with inlaid ivory,
with cypress trees from the coastlands of Cyprus.[g]
7 Your sail was fine linen with colorful weaving from Egypt
to serve as a banner for you;[h]
blue and purple cloth from the coastlands of Cyprus[i]
was your awning.
8 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvan
were your rowers;
your skilled men,[j] O Tyre, were from your own people,[k]
and they were your seamen.
9 The elders of Gebal and its skilled men[l] were among you[m]
as the repairers of the seam of your boat;
all of the ships of the sea and their mariners were among you[n]
to barter your wares.
10 Persia and Lud and Put
were among your soldiers;[o]
small shield and helmet hung among you[p]
and gave to you your adornment.
11 The people[q] of Arvan and Helech
were on your walls all around,
and Gammadites
were in your towers.
They hung their quivers[r] on your walls all around;
they perfected your beauty.
12 “‘Tarshish was your trader; from the abundance of all of their wealth, with silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your merchandise. 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders; in exchange for people[s] and an object of bronze they gave you your wares. 14 From Beth Togarmah they exchanged horses and war horses and mules for your wares. 15 The people[t] of Dedan were trading with you, many coastlands composed the region of your influence;[u] they brought back horns of ivory and ebony as your payment. 16 Edom[v] was trading with you because of the abundance of your products, trading with malachite, purple wool yarn and colorful weaving, and fine white fabric and black corals and rubies; all these they exchange for your merchandise. 17 Judah and the land of Israel were trading with you with wheat from Minnith and millet and honey and olive oil and balm; all these they gave for your wares. 18 Damascus was trading with you because of[w] the abundance of your products, because of the abundance of all of your wealth, trading with the wine of Helbon and white wool. 19 Vedan and Javan from Uzal, they exchanged wrought iron, cinnamon,[x] and reed spice for your merchandise; all this was for your wares. 20 Dedan was trading with you, with garments of woven material for riding. 21 Arabia and all of the leaders of Kedar were your customers;[y] with young rams and adult rams and goats they were trading with them with you. 22 The traders of Sheba and Raamah were trading with you, with the finest of every spice and with every precious stone and gold; they exchanged all these for your merchandise. 23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Sheba, Assyria, and Kilmad were trading with you. 24 They were trading with you in finery, in mantles of blue cloth and colorful embroidered work and with rugs of variegated cloth in twisted cords and knotted tightly; these were among your merchandise.[z] 25 The ships of Tarshish were carrying for you your wares, and you were filled, and you became very heavy in the heart of the seas.
26 “‘Into many waters
the rowers brought you;
but the east wind[aa] wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.
27 Your wealth and your merchandise, your wares,
your mariners, and your seamen,
your shipwrights[ab] and the barterers of your wares
and all of your soldiers[ac] who are in you,
along[ad] with all of your crew who are in the midst of you,
they will fall in the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.
28 At the sound of the shout[ae] of your seamen,
the pasturelands will shake.
29 And they will go down from their ships,
all of those holding an oar,
mariners, all of the seamen of the sea
will stand on the land,
30 and they will lament[af] over you with their voice,
and they will cry out[ag] bitterly,
and they will throw[ah] dust on their heads,
and they will roll[ai] in the dust.
31 They will shave themselves bald for your sake,[aj]
and they will dress[ak] themselves in sackcloth,
and they will weep[al] over you with a bitterness of soul[am]
and with bitter wailing.
32 And they will raise[an] over you with their wailing a lament,
and they will chant[ao] a lament over you:
‘Who is like Tyre,
like this destruction in the midst of the sea?’
33 When your merchandise went out from the seas,
you satisfied many peoples with the abundance of your wealth,
and by your wares
you made rich the kings of the world.
34 Now you are broken by seas
in the depths of waters;
your wares and all of your crew
in the midst of you have sunk.
35 All of the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled over you,
and their kings shudder[ap] in horror;
they distort their faces![aq]
36 The traders among the peoples hiss over you;
you have become a horror,
and you shall be no more forever!’”[ar]
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 27:1 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 27:1 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 27:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 27:3 Literally “you you said”
- Ezekiel 27:3 Literally “of beauty”
- Ezekiel 27:5 Literally “on you”
- Ezekiel 27:6 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
- Ezekiel 27:7 Literally “to be for you as a banner”
- Ezekiel 27:7 Or “Elishah”
- Ezekiel 27:8 Literally “wise men”
- Ezekiel 27:8 Literally “in you”
- Ezekiel 27:9 Literally “wise men”
- Ezekiel 27:9 Literally “in you”
- Ezekiel 27:9 Literally “in you”
- Ezekiel 27:10 Literally “in your army as the men of war your”
- Ezekiel 27:10 Literally “in you”
- Ezekiel 27:11 Or “children,” or “sons”
- Ezekiel 27:11 Or “shields” (cf. NJPS; NIV)
- Ezekiel 27:13 Or “for a human person/soul”
- Ezekiel 27:15 Or “children”
- Ezekiel 27:15 Literally “hand”
- Ezekiel 27:16 Reading Edom for Aram
- Ezekiel 27:18 Literally “for”
- Ezekiel 27:19 Or “cassia”
- Ezekiel 27:21 Literally “traders of your hand”
- Ezekiel 27:24 Literally “in your trading/marketplace” (cf. NET)
- Ezekiel 27:26 Literally “the wind of the east”
- Ezekiel 27:27 Literally “the repairers/strengtheners of your seams”
- Ezekiel 27:27 Literally “the men of your war”
- Ezekiel 27:27 Hebrew “and”
- Ezekiel 27:28 Or “cry”
- Ezekiel 27:30 Hebrew “lamented”
- Ezekiel 27:30 Hebrew “cried out”
- Ezekiel 27:30 Hebrew “threw”
- Ezekiel 27:30 Hebrew “rolled”
- Ezekiel 27:31 Literally “And they made bald for you with baldness”
- Ezekiel 27:31 Hebrew “dressed”
- Ezekiel 27:31 Hebrew “wept”
- Ezekiel 27:31 Or “of their inner self”
- Ezekiel 27:32 Hebrew “raised”
- Ezekiel 27:32 Hebrew “chanted”
- Ezekiel 27:35 Literally “they have bristling hair”
- Ezekiel 27:35 Literally “they are distorted as to faces”
- Ezekiel 27:36 Literally “there is not you until eternity/endless ages” (cf. NRSV)
Ezekiel 27
New International Version
Ezekiel 27
New International Version
A Lament Over Tyre
27 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, take up a lament(A) concerning Tyre. 3 Say to Tyre,(B) situated at the gateway to the sea,(C) merchant of peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘You say, Tyre,
“I am perfect in beauty.(D)”
4 Your domain was on the high seas;
your builders brought your beauty to perfection.(E)
5 They made all your timbers
of juniper from Senir[a];(F)
they took a cedar from Lebanon(G)
to make a mast for you.
6 Of oaks(H) from Bashan
they made your oars;
of cypress wood[b] from the coasts of Cyprus(I)
they made your deck, adorned with ivory.
7 Fine embroidered linen(J) from Egypt was your sail
and served as your banner;
your awnings were of blue and purple(K)
from the coasts of Elishah.(L)
8 Men of Sidon and Arvad(M) were your oarsmen;
your skilled men, Tyre, were aboard as your sailors.(N)
9 Veteran craftsmen of Byblos(O) were on board
as shipwrights to caulk your seams.
All the ships of the sea(P) and their sailors
came alongside to trade for your wares.
10 “‘Men of Persia,(Q) Lydia(R) and Put(S)
served as soldiers in your army.
They hung their shields(T) and helmets on your walls,
bringing you splendor.
11 Men of Arvad and Helek
guarded your walls on every side;
men of Gammad
were in your towers.
They hung their shields around your walls;
they brought your beauty to perfection.(U)
12 “‘Tarshish(V) did business with you because of your great wealth of goods;(W) they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead for your merchandise.
13 “‘Greece,(X) Tubal and Meshek(Y) did business with you; they traded human beings(Z) and articles of bronze for your wares.
14 “‘Men of Beth Togarmah(AA) exchanged chariot horses, cavalry horses and mules for your merchandise.
15 “‘The men of Rhodes[c](AB) traded with you, and many coastlands(AC) were your customers; they paid you with ivory(AD) tusks and ebony.
16 “‘Aram[d](AE) did business with you because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise,(AF) purple fabric, embroidered work, fine linen,(AG) coral(AH) and rubies for your merchandise.
17 “‘Judah and Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat(AI) from Minnith(AJ) and confections,[e] honey, olive oil and balm(AK) for your wares.(AL)
18 “‘Damascus(AM) did business with you because of your many products and great wealth of goods.(AN) They offered wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar 19 and casks of wine from Izal(AO) in exchange for your wares: wrought iron, cassia(AP) and calamus.
20 “‘Dedan(AQ) traded in saddle blankets with you.
21 “‘Arabia(AR) and all the princes of Kedar(AS) were your customers; they did business with you in lambs, rams and goats.
22 “‘The merchants of Sheba(AT) and Raamah traded with you; for your merchandise they exchanged the finest of all kinds of spices(AU) and precious stones, and gold.(AV)
23 “‘Harran,(AW) Kanneh and Eden(AX) and merchants of Sheba, Ashur(AY) and Kilmad traded with you. 24 In your marketplace they traded with you beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered work and multicolored rugs with cords twisted and tightly knotted.
25 “‘The ships of Tarshish(AZ) serve
as carriers for your wares.
You are filled with heavy cargo
as you sail the sea.(BA)
26 Your oarsmen take you
out to the high seas.
But the east wind(BB) will break you to pieces
far out at sea.
27 Your wealth,(BC) merchandise and wares,
your mariners, sailors and shipwrights,
your merchants and all your soldiers,
and everyone else on board
will sink into the heart of the sea(BD)
on the day of your shipwreck.
28 The shorelands will quake(BE)
when your sailors cry out.
29 All who handle the oars
will abandon their ships;
the mariners and all the sailors
will stand on the shore.
30 They will raise their voice
and cry bitterly over you;
they will sprinkle dust(BF) on their heads
and roll(BG) in ashes.(BH)
31 They will shave their heads(BI) because of you
and will put on sackcloth.
They will weep(BJ) over you with anguish of soul
and with bitter mourning.(BK)
32 As they wail and mourn over you,
they will take up a lament(BL) concerning you:
“Who was ever silenced like Tyre,
surrounded by the sea?(BM)”
33 When your merchandise went out on the seas,(BN)
you satisfied many nations;
with your great wealth(BO) and your wares
you enriched the kings of the earth.
34 Now you are shattered by the sea
in the depths of the waters;
your wares and all your company
have gone down with you.(BP)
35 All who live in the coastlands(BQ)
are appalled(BR) at you;
their kings shudder with horror
and their faces are distorted with fear.(BS)
36 The merchants among the nations scoff at you;(BT)
you have come to a horrible end
and will be no more.(BU)’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 27:5 That is, Mount Hermon
- Ezekiel 27:6 Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.
- Ezekiel 27:15 Septuagint; Hebrew Dedan
- Ezekiel 27:16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Edom
- Ezekiel 27:17 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Ezekiel 27
King James Version
Ezekiel 27
King James Version
27 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
2 Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
5 They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
11 The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
12 Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
14 They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
18 Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.
24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.
25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
31 And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
33 When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
34 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
36 The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
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