27GOD's Message came to me:H1697H3068H5592"You, son of man, raise a funeral song over Tyre.H1121H120H5375H7015H68653Tell Tyre, gateway to the sea, merchant to the world, trader among the far-off islands, 'This is what GOD, the Master, says: "'You boast, Tyre: "I'm the perfect ship—stately, handsome."H559H6865H3427H3997H3220H7402H5971H7227H339H559H136H3069H6865H559H3632H33084You ruled the high seas from a real beauty, crafted to perfection.H1366H3820H3220H1129H3634H33085Your planking came from Mount Hermon junipers. A Lebanon cedar supplied your mast.H1129H3871H1265H8149H3947H730H3844H6213H86506They made your oars from sturdy Bashan oaks. Cypress from Cyprus inlaid with ivory was used for the decks.H437H1316H6213H4880H1323H839H6213H7175H8127H339H37947Your sail and flag were of colorful embroidered linen from Egypt. Your purple deck awnings also came from Cyprus.H8336H7553H4714H4666H5251H8504H713H339H473H43748Men of Sidon and Arvad pulled the oars. Your seasoned seamen, O Tyre, were the crew.H3427H6721H719H7751H2450H6865H22599Ship's carpenters were old salts from Byblos. All the ships of the sea and their sailors clustered around you to barter for your goods.H2205H1380H2450H919H2388H591H3220H4419H6148H462710"'Your army was composed of soldiers from Paras, Lud, and Put, Elite troops in uniformed splendor. They put you on the map!H6539H3865H6316H2428H582H4421H8518H4043H3553H5414H192611Your city police were imported from Arvad, Helech, and Gammad. They hung their shields from the city walls, a final, perfect touch to your beauty.H1121H719H2428H2346H5439H1575H4026H8518H7982H2346H5439H3634H3308H363412"'Tarshish carried on business with you because of your great wealth. They worked for you, trading in silver, iron, tin, and lead for your products.H8659H5503H7230H1952H3701H1270H913H5777H5414H580113"'Greece, Tubal, and Meshech did business with you, trading slaves and bronze for your products.H3120H8422H4902H7402H5414H5315H120H3627H5178H462714"'Beth-togarmah traded work horses, war horses, and mules for your products.H1004H8425H5414H5801H5483H6571H650515"'The people of Rhodes did business with you. Many far-off islands traded with you in ivory and ebony.H1121H1719H7402H7227H339H5506H3027H7725H814H7161H8127H189416"'Edom did business with you because of all your goods. They traded for your products with agate, purple textiles, embroidered cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies.H758H5503H7230H4639H5414H5801H5306H713H7553H948H7215H353917"'Judah and Israel did business with you. They traded for your products with premium wheat, millet, honey, oil, and balm.H3063H776H3478H7402H5414H4627H2406H4511H6436H1706H8081H687518"'Damascus, attracted by your vast array of products and well-stocked warehouses, carried on business with you, trading in wine from Helbon and wool from Zahar.H1834H5503H7230H4639H7230H1952H3196H2463H6713H678519"'Danites and Greeks from Uzal traded with you, using wrought iron, cinnamon, and spices.H2051H1835H3120H235H5414H5801H6219H1270H6916H7070H462720"'Dedan traded with you for saddle blankets.H1719H7402H2667H899H739621"'Arabia and all the Bedouin sheiks of Kedar traded lambs, rams, and goats with you.H6152H5387H6938H5503H3027H3733H352H6260H550322"'Traders from Sheba and Raamah in South Arabia carried on business with you in premium spices, precious stones, and gold.H7402H7614H7484H7402H5414H5801H7218H1314H3368H68H209123"'Haran, Canneh, and Eden from the east in Assyria and Media traded with you,H2771H3656H5729H7402H7614H804H3638H740224bringing elegant clothes, dyed textiles, and elaborate carpets to your bazaars.H7402H4360H8504H1545H7553H1595H1264H2280H2256H729H481925"'The great Tarshish ships were your freighters, importing and exporting. Oh, it was big business for you, trafficking the seaways!H591H8659H7788H4627H4390H3966H3513H3820H322026"'Your sailors row mightily, taking you into the high seas. Then a storm out of the east shatters your ship in the ocean deep.H7751H935H7227H4325H6921H7307H7665H3820H322027Everything sinks—your rich goods and products, sailors and crew, ship's carpenters and soldiers, Sink to the bottom of the sea. Total shipwreck.H1952H5801H4627H4419H2259H919H2388H6148H4627H582H4421H6951H8432H5307H3820H3220H3117H465828The cries of your sailors reverberate on shore.H4054H7493H6963H2201H225929Sailors everywhere abandon ship. Veteran seamen swim for dry land.H8610H4880H4419H2259H3220H3381H591H5975H77630They cry out in grief, a choir of bitter lament over you. They smear their faces with ashes,H6963H8085H2199H4751H5927H6083H7218H6428H66531shave their heads, Wear rough burlap, wildly keening their loss.H7144H7139H2296H8242H1058H4751H5315H4751H455332They raise their funeral song: "Who on the high seas is like Tyre!"H5204H5375H7015H6969H6865H1822H8432H322033"'As you crisscrossed the seas with your products, you satisfied many peoples. Your worldwide trade made earth's kings rich.H5801H3318H3220H7646H7227H5971H6238H4428H776H7230H1952H462734And now you're battered to bits by the waves, sunk to the bottom of the sea, And everything you've bought and sold has sunk to the bottom with you.H6256H7665H3220H4615H4325H4627H6951H8432H530735Everyone on shore looks on in terror. The hair of kings stands on end, their faces drawn and haggard!H3427H339H8074H4428H8178H8175H7481H644036The buyers and sellers of the world throw up their hands: This horror can't happen! Oh, this has happened!'"H5503H5971H8319H1091H5704H5769
Dublin, OH
