27This message came to me from the Lord:H1697H3068H559 2"Son of Man, compose a mourning song for Tyre.H1121H120H5375H7015H6865 3Tell Tyre, who lives at the gateway to the Mediterranean Sea, who serves as the international merchant to many coastal districts: 'This is what the Lord God says: 'Tyre, you've been claiming, "I am beauty perfected."H559H6865H3427H3997H3220H7402H5971H7227H339H559H136H3069H6865H559H3632H3308 4'You've set your national boundary in international waters. Your builders made you downright beautiful!'"H1366H3820H3220H1129H3634H3308 5"'They brought in a ship made with pine planking from Senir, configured with a mast carved from a cedar from Lebanon,H1129H3871H1265H8149H3947H730H3844H6213H8650 6equipped with oars made from oaks from Bashan, with ivory-inlaid cypress wood decking imported from the coastlands of Cypress,H437H1316H6213H4880H1323H839H6213H7175H8127H339H3794 7with sails made with embroidered Egyption linen, festooned with blue banners, and with your sun shades made with purple cloth from Cypress.H8336H7553H4714H4666H5251H8504H713H339H473H4374 8Your sailors were conscripted from Sidon and Arvad, and your officers served aboard as pilots.H3427H6721H719H7751H2450H6865H2259 9The wise men and elders from Gebal accompanied you, serving as ship's carpenters. All the martime navies and their seaman also accompanied you to assist you in doing business internationally.'"H2205H1380H2450H919H2388H591H3220H4419H6148H4627 10"'Soldiers from Persia, Lud, and Lybia, served in your army. They were your mighty soldiers. Their helmets and shields adorned your barracks walls, and they won battle decorations for you.H6539H3865H6316H2428H582H4421H8518H4043H3553H5414H1926 11Mercenaries from Arvad and Helech stood guard duty on your walls, while brave men manned your towers. They hung their shields all around your walls?just the right touch to perfect your interior decorating!'"H1121H719H2428H2346H5439H1575H4026H8518H7982H2346H5439H3634H3308H3634 12"'Tarshish was your business partner because of your phenomenal wealth. They traded silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise.H8659H5503H7230H1952H3701H1270H913H5777H5414H5801 13Greece, Tubal, and Meshech bartered with you, exchanging slaves and bronze vessels for your wares.H3120H8422H4902H7402H5414H5315H120H3627H5178H4627 14Beth-togarmah traded horses, war horses, and mules in exchange for what you had to sell.H1004H8425H5414H5801H5483H6571H6505 15Men from the low country south of Edom and many of the coastlands were your markets for ivory tusks and ebony that they brought to trade with you.H1121H1719H7402H7227H339H5506H3027H7725H814H7161H8127H1894 16'Aram was one of your customers because you had so much merchandise. They paid by trading turquoise, purple yarn, embroidered goods, Egyptian linen, coral, and rubies.H758H5503H7230H4639H5414H5801H5306H713H7553H948H7215H3539 17The territories of Judah and Israel were your clients, too. They traded wheat from their distribution centers, baked goods, honey, oil, and ointments for your merchandise.H3063H776H3478H7402H5414H4627H2406H4511H6436H1706H8081H6875 18'Because you have so much to sell and are so rich, Damascus has been your trading partner, exchanging wine from Helbon, unbleaced wool,H1834H5503H7230H4639H7230H1952H3196H2463H6713H6785 19and casks of wine from Izal for your wrought iron, cassia wood, and aromatic reeds.H2051H1835H3120H235H5414H5801H6219H1270H6916H7070H4627 20'Dedan traded with you, exchanging riding blankets.H1719H7402H2667H899H7396 21Arabia, including all the princes of Kedar, came to you, shopping for lambs, rams, and goats.H6152H5387H6938H5503H3027H3733H352H6260H5503 22Traders from Sheba and Raamah paid for the best of what you had to offer with all types of spices, precious stones, and gold.H7402H7614H7484H7402H5414H5801H7218H1314H3368H68H2091 23'Haran, Canneh, Eden, merchants from Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad did business with you,H2771H3656H5729H7402H7614H804H3638H7402 24trading garments made into the finest blue and embroidered mantels, and also multi-colored carpets, ropes, and other merchandize.H7402H4360H8504H1545H7553H1595H1264H2280H2256H729H4819 25Ocean-going fleets carried your merchandise. How filled you were! How glorious you were, at home in the heart of the sea!H591H8659H7788H4627H4390H3966H3513H3820H3220 26But your rowers have brought you into dangerous waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the ocean!H7751H935H7227H4325H6921H7307H7665H3820H3220 27Your wealth, your products, your merchandize your sailors, your pilots, your tailors, your salesmen, all your mercenaries with you?your entire company with you?will fall into the midst of the sea on the day when you're overthrown!H1952H5801H4627H4419H2259H919H2388H6148H4627H582H4421H6951H8432H5307H3820H3220H3117H4658 28When your ships' captains cry out, the pasturelands along the coast will cry out!H4054H7493H6963H2201H2259 29Everyone who handles the oar will abandon ship, they'll head straight for dry land,H8610H4880H4419H2259H3220H3381H591H5975H776 30and they will cry so loud you won't be able to make yourself be heard! How bitterly they'll cry! They'll throw dust on their heads and wallow in ashes.H6963H8085H2199H4751H5927H6083H7218H6428H665 31They'll shave their heads bald because of you. They'll dress themselves in sackcloth and weep for you with deep bitterness of heart, with the most pitiful of mourning.H7144H7139H2296H8242H1058H4751H5315H4751H4553 32In the depth of their despair they'll compose a lament for you. This is what they'll say: 'Who is like Tyre?Who is so silent in the midst of the sea -H5204H5375H7015H6969H6865H1822H8432H3220 33Your merchandize went out over the oceans to satisfy many nations; with the abundance of your wealth you enriched the kings of the earth.'H5801H3318H3220H7646H7227H5971H6238H4428H776H7230H1952H4627 34But now it's your time to be wrecked at the bottom of the sea! Your products and your workers have sunk, and so have you!H6256H7665H3220H4615H4325H4627H6951H8432H5307 35Everyone who lives by the sea is appalled at your destruction. Their leaders are terrified?their faces reflect their fears!H3427H339H8074H4428H8178H8175H7481H6440 336Traders circulate among the people, hissing at you. What a horror you've become! Now you will cease to exist forever and ever!
Dublin, OH
