| 1 The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying, 2 And thou, son
of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre; 3 and say unto Tyre, O thou that
dwellest at the entry of the sea, that art the merchant of the peoples unto
many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, O Tyre, hast said, I am
perfect in beauty. 4 Thy borders are in the heart of the seas; thy
builders have perfected thy beauty. 5 They have made all thy planks of
fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for
thee. 6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; they have made
thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim. 7 Of
fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to
thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine
awning. 8 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise
men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots. 9 The old men 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 deal in thy merchandise. 10 Persia and
Lud and Put 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 valorous men were in thy
towers; they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have
perfected thy beauty. 12 Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the
multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they
traded for thy wares. 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy
traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy
merchandise. 14 They of the house of Togarmah traded for thy wares with
horses and war-horses and mules. 15 The men of Dedan were thy traffickers;
many isles were the mart of thy hand: they brought thee in exchange horns of
ivory and ebony. 16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of
thy handiworks: they traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and
broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies. 17 Judah, and the
land of Israel, they were thy traffickers: they traded for thy merchandise
wheat of Minnith, and pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. 18 Damascus
was thy merchant for the multitude of thy handiworks, by reason of the
multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
19 Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares: bright iron, cassia,
and calamus, were among thy merchandise. 20 Dedan was thy trafficker in
precious cloths for riding. 21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they
were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were
they thy merchants. 22 The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy
traffickers; they traded for thy wares with the chief of all spices, and with
all precious stones, and gold. 23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the
traffickers of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were thy traffickers.
24 These were thy traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and
broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and made of
cedar, among thy merchandise. 25 The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans
for thy merchandise: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the
heart of the seas. 26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the
east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas. 27 Thy riches, and
thy wares, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and
the dealers in thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee,
with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart
of the seas in the day of thy ruin. 28 At the sound of the cry of thy
pilots the suburbs shall shake. 29 And all that handled 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 over 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 bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep
for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning. 32 And in their
wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee,
saying, Who is there like Tyre, like her that is brought to silence
in the midst of the sea? 33 When thy wares went forth out of the seas,
thou filledst many peoples; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the
multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. 34 In the time that thou
wast broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all
thy company did fall in the midst of thee. 35 All the inhabitants of the
isles are astonished at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are
troubled in their countenance. 36 The merchants among the peoples hiss at
thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt nevermore have any being.
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