27THE WORD of the Lord came again to me, saying,H1697H3068H5592Now you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre,H1121H120H5375H7015H68653And say to Tyre, O you who dwell at the entrance to the sea, who are merchant of the peoples of many islands {and} coastlands, thus says the Lord God: O Tyre, you have thought {and} said, I am perfect in beauty.H559H6865H3427H3997H3220H7402H5971H7227H339H559H136H3069H6865H559H3632H33084Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.H1366H3820H3220H1129H3634H33085They have made all your planks {and} boards of fir trees from Senir [a peak of Mount Hermon]; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.H1129H3871H1265H8149H3947H730H3844H6213H86506Of the oaks of Bashan they have made your oars; they have made your deck {and} benches of boxwood from the coasts of Cyprus, inlaid with ivory.H437H1316H6213H4880H1323H839H6213H7175H8127H339H37947Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be an ensign for you; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [of Asia Minor] was the [ship's] awning which covered you.H8336H7553H4714H4666H5251H8504H713H339H473H43748The inhabitants of Sidon and [the island] of Arvad were your oarsmen; your skilled {and} wise men, O Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots.H3427H6721H719H7751H2450H6865H22599The old men of Gebal [a city north of Sidon] and its skilled {and} wise men in you were your calkers; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise {and} trading.H2205H1380H2450H919H2388H591H3220H4419H6148H462710Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war; they hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you beauty {and} splendor.H6539H3865H6316H2428H582H4421H8518H4043H3553H5414H192611The men of Arvad with your army were upon your walls round about and valorous men [of Gamad] were in your towers; they hung their shields upon your walls round about; they have perfected your beauty {and} splendor.H1121H719H2428H2346H5439H1575H4026H8518H7982H2346H5439H3634H3308H363412Tarshish [in Spain] carried on traffic with you because of the abundance of your riches of all kinds; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they traded for your wares.H8659H5503H7230H1952H3701H1270H913H5777H5414H580113Javan (Greece), Tubal, and Meshech [in the mountainous region between the Black and Caspian Seas] traded with you. They exchanged the lives of men [taken as slaves] and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.H3120H8422H4902H7402H5414H5315H120H3627H5178H462714They of the house of Togarmah (Armenia) traded for your wares with [chariot] horses, cavalry horses, and mules.H1004H8425H5414H5801H5483H6571H650515The men of Dedan [in Arabia] traded with you; many islands {and} coastlands were your own markets; they brought you in payment {or} as presents ivory tusks and ebony.H1121H1719H7402H7227H339H5506H3027H7725H814H7161H8127H189416Aram (Syria or Mesopotamia) {and Edom} traded with you because of the multitude of the wares of your making. They exchanged for your merchandise emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and agate {or} rubies.H758H5503H7230H4639H5414H5801H5306H713H7553H948H7215H353917Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; they exchanged in your market wheat of Minnith [in Ammon], olives {or} early figs, honey, oil, and balm.H3063H776H3478H7402H5414H4627H2406H4511H6436H1706H8081H687518Damascus traded with you because of the abundance of supplies of your handiworks and the immense wealth of every kind, with wine of Helbon [Aleppo] and white wool [of Sachar in Syria].H1834H5503H7230H4639H7230H1952H3196H2463H6713H678519Vedan also and [Arabic] Javan traded with yarn from Uzal [in Arabia] for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were exchanged for your merchandise.H2051H1835H3120H235H5414H5801H6219H1270H6916H7070H462720Dedan supplied you with precious [saddle] cloths for riding.H1719H7402H2667H899H739621Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants in lambs, rams, and goats favored by you; in these they traded with you.H6152H5387H6938H5503H3027H3733H352H6260H550322The merchants of Sheba and Raamah [in Arabia] traded with you; they exchanged for your wares the choicest of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold.H7402H7614H7484H7402H5414H5801H7218H1314H3368H68H209123Haran and Canneh and Eden [in Mesopotamia], the merchants of Sheba [on the Euphrates], Asshur, and Chilmad [near Bagdad] were your traders.H2771H3656H5729H7402H7614H804H3638H740224These traded with you in choice fabrics, in bales of garments of blue and embroidered work, and in treasures of many colored rich damask {and} carpets bound with cords and made firm; in these they traded with you.H7402H4360H8504H1545H7553H1595H1264H2280H2256H729H481925The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise, and you were replenished [Tyre] and were heavily loaded {and} made an imposing fleet [in your location] in the heart of the seas.H591H8659H7788H4627H4390H3966H3513H3820H322026Your rowers have brought you out into great {and} deep waters; the east wind has broken {and} wrecked you in the heart of the seas.H7751H935H7227H4325H6921H7307H7665H3820H322027Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your oarsmen and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your company which is in your midst, sink in the heart of the seas on the day of your ruin!H1952H5801H4627H4419H2259H919H2388H6148H4627H582H4421H6951H8432H5307H3820H3220H3117H465828The waves {and} the countryside shake at the [piercing] sound of the [hopeless, wailing] cry of your pilots.H4054H7493H6963H2201H225929And down from their ships come all who handle the oar. The mariners and all the pilots of the sea stand upon the shoreH8610H4880H4419H2259H3220H3381H591H5975H77630And are heard wailing loudly over you, and they cry bitterly. They cast up dust on their heads; they wallow in ashes,H6963H8085H2199H4751H5927H6083H7218H6428H66531And they make themselves [utterly] bald for you and gird themselves with sackcloth, and they weep over you in bitterness of heart and with bitter mourning {and} wailing.H7144H7139H2296H8242H1058H4751H5315H4751H455332And in their wailing they take up a lamentation for you and lament over you, saying, Who was ever like Tyre, the destroyed (the annihilated), [who has become so still] in the heart of the sea?H5204H5375H7015H6969H6865H1822H8432H322033When your wares came forth from the seas, you met the desire, the demand, {and} the necessities of many people; you enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.H5801H3318H3220H7646H7227H5971H6238H4428H776H7230H1952H462734Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your crew have gone down with you.H6256H7665H3220H4615H4325H4627H6951H8432H530735All the inhabitants of the isles {and} coastlands are astonished {and} appalled at you, and their kings are horribly frightened {and} shudder greatly; their faces quiver.H3427H339H8074H4428H8178H8175H7481H644036The merchants among the people hiss over you [with malicious joy]; you have become a horror {and} a source of terrors. You shall be no more [forever].H5503H5971H8319H1091H5704H5769
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