and say to Tyre, (A)‘You who [a]are situated at the entrance of the sea, (B)merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:

“O Tyre, you have said,
(C)‘I am perfect in beauty.’
Your borders are in the midst of the seas.
Your builders have perfected your beauty.
They [b]made all your planks of fir trees from (D)Senir;
They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast.
Of (E)oaks from Bashan they made your oars;
The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks
With ivory from (F)the coasts of [c]Cyprus.
Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail;
Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you.

“Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen;
Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you;
They became your pilots.
Elders of (G)Gebal and its wise men
Were in you to caulk your seams;
All the ships of the sea
And their oarsmen were in you
To market your merchandise.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:3 Lit. sit or dwell
  2. Ezekiel 27:5 built
  3. Ezekiel 27:6 Heb. Kittim, western lands, especially Cyprus

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