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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Ezekiel 27 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/27.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/ezekiel/27-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NRSVCE</a> > Ezekiel 27</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/26.htm" title="Ezekiel 26">◄</a> Ezekiel 27 <a href="../ezekiel/28.htm" title="Ezekiel 28">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3>Lamentation over Tyre</h3>1The word of the Lord came to me: 2Now you, mortal, raise a lamentation over Tyre, 3and say to Tyre, which sits at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, Thus says the Lord God:<div class="poetry">O Tyre, you have said,     “I am perfect in beauty.” 4Your borders are in the heart of the seas;     your builders made perfect your beauty. 5They made all your planks     of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon     to make a mast for you. 6From oaks of Bashan     they made your oars; they made your deck of pinesa</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]     from the coasts of Cyprus,     inlaid with ivory. 7Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt     was your sail,     serving as your ensign; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah     was your awning. 8The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad     were your rowers; skilled men of Zemerb</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>] were within you,     they were your pilots. 9The elders of Gebal and its artisans were within you,     caulking your seams; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were within you,     to barter for your wares. 10Parasc</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>] and Lud and Put     were in your army,     your mighty warriors; they hung shield and helmet in you;     they gave you splendor. 11Men of Arvad and Helechd</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]     were on your walls all around;     men of Gamad were at your towers. They hung their quivers all around your walls;     they made perfect your beauty.</div> 12Tarshish did business with you out of the abundance of your great wealth; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares. 13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 14Beth-togarmah exchanged for your wares horses, war horses, and mules. 15The Rhodianse</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>] traded with you; many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony. 16Edomf</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>] did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies. 17Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise wheat from Minnith, millet,g</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote g">g</a>] honey, oil, and balm. 18Damascus traded with you for your abundant goods—because of your great wealth of every kind—wine of Helbon, and white wool. 19Vedan and Javan from Uzalh</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote h">h</a>] entered into trade for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were bartered for your merchandise. 20Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your favored dealers in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. 22The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; they exchanged for your wares the best of all kinds of spices, and all precious stones, and gold. 23Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you. 24These traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure; in these they traded with you.i</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote i">i</a>] 25The ships of Tarshish traveled for you in your trade.<div class="poetry">So you were filled and heavily laden     in the heart of the seas. 26Your rowers have brought you     into the high seas. The east wind has wrecked you     in the heart of the seas. 27Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,     your mariners and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,     and all your warriors within you, with all the company     that is with you, sink into the heart of the seas     on the day of your ruin. 28At the sound of the cry of your pilots     the countryside shakes, 29and down from their ships     come all that handle the oar. The mariners and all the pilots of the sea     stand on the shore 30and wail aloud over you,     and cry bitterly. They throw dust on their heads     and wallow in ashes; 31they make themselves bald for you,     and put on sackcloth, and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,     with bitter mourning. 32In their wailing they raise a lamentation for you,     and lament over you: “Who was ever destroyedj</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote j">j</a>] like Tyre     in the midst of the sea? 33When your wares came from the seas,     you satisfied many peoples; with your abundant wealth and merchandise     you enriched the kings of the earth. 34Now you are wrecked by the seas,     in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your crew     have sunk with you. 35All the inhabitants of the coastlands     are appalled at you; and their kings are horribly afraid,     their faces are convulsed. 36The merchants among the peoples hiss at you;     you have come to a dreadful end     and shall be no more forever.”</div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ezekiel 27:6">Ezekiel 27:6</a> Or boxwood</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ezekiel 27:8">Ezekiel 27:8</a> Cn Compare Gen 10.18: Heb your skilled men, O Tyre</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ezekiel 27:10">Ezekiel 27:10</a> Or Persia</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ezekiel 27:11">Ezekiel 27:11</a> Or and your army</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ezekiel 27:15">Ezekiel 27:15</a> Gk: Heb The Dedanites</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ezekiel 27:16">Ezekiel 27:16</a> Another reading is Aram</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ezekiel 27:17">Ezekiel 27:17</a> Meaning of Heb uncertain</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ezekiel 27:19">Ezekiel 27:19</a> Meaning of Heb uncertain</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ezekiel 27:24">Ezekiel 27:24</a> Cn: Heb in your market</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Ezekiel 27:32">Ezekiel 27:32</a> Tg Vg: Heb like silence</li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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