Ezekiel 27

1The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,● 2Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;● 3And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, {which art} a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I {am} of perfect beauty. {of perfect...: Heb. perfect of beauty}● 4Thy borders {are} in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. {midst: Heb. heart}● 5They have made all thy {ship} boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. {made: Heb. built}● 6{Of} the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches {of} ivory, {brought} out of the isles of Chittim. {the company...: or, they have made thy hatches of ivory well trodden} {company: Heb. daughter}● 7Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee. {blue...: or, purple and scarlet}● 8The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise {men}, O Tyrus, {that} were in thee, were thy pilots.● 9The ancients 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 occupy thy merchandise. {calkers: or, stoppers of chinks: Heb. strengtheners, etc}● 10They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.● 11The men of Arvad with thine army {were} upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.● 12Tarshish {was} thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all {kind of} riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.● 13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they {were} thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. {market: or, merchandise}● 14They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.● 15The men of Dedan {were} thy merchants; many isles {were} the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee {for} a present horns of ivory and ebony.● 16Syria {was} thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. {the wares...: Heb. thy works} {agate: or, chrysoprase}● 17Judah, and the land of Israel, they {were} thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. {balm: or, rosin}● 18Damascus {was} thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.● 19Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. {going...: or, Meuzal}● 20Dedan {was} thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. {precious...: Heb. clothes of freedom}● 21Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these {were they} thy merchants. {they occupied...: Heb. they were the merchants of thy hand}● 22The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they {were} thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.● 23Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, {and} Chilmad, {were} thy merchants.● 24These {were} thy merchants in all sorts {of things}, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. {all...: or, excellent things} {clothes: Heb. foldings}● 25The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.● 26Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. {midst: Heb. heart}● 27Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that {are} in thee, and in all thy company which {is} in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. {and in...: or, even with all} {midst of the seas: Heb. heart, etc}● 28The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. {suburbs: or, waves}● 29And all that handle the oar, the mariners, {and} all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;● 30And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:● 31And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart {and} bitter wailing.● 32And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, {saying}, What {city is} like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?● 33When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.● 34In the time {when} thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.● 35All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in {their} countenance.● 36The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never {shalt be} any more. {a terror: Heb. terrors} {never...: Heb. shalt not be for ever}●