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<t><p class="indent1">Your builders have perfected your beauty. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“They have made all your planks of fir trees from <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>Senir; <t><p class="indent1">They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Of the oaks of Bashan they have made your oars; <t><p class="indent1">They have made your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of Cyprus, inlaid with ivory. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt <t><p class="indent1">So that it became your distinguishing mark (insignia); <t><p class="indent1">Your [ship’s] awning [which covered you] was blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [of Asia Minor]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“The inhabitants of Sidon and [the island] of Arvad were your oarsmen; <t><p class="indent1">Your skilled <i>and</i> wise men, O Tyre, were with you; they were your pilots. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“The elders of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>Gebal and its skilled <i>and</i> wise men were with you, repairing your leaks; <t><p class="indent1">All the ships of the sea with their mariners were with you to deal in your merchandise. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Persia and Lud and Put (Libya) were in your army as your men of war. They hung the shield and the helmet on you; they gave you splendor. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The men of Arvad with your army were upon your walls, all around, and the Gammadim (men of valor) were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls, all around; they perfected your beauty. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Tarshish [in Spain] was your customer <i>and</i> traded with you because of the abundance of your riches of all kinds; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your wares. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Javan (Greece), Tubal and Meshech (Asia Minor) traded with you; with the lives of men [taken as slaves] and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Those from Beth-togarmah (Armenia) traded for your wares with [chariot] horses, war horses, and mules. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The men of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were your markets; ivory tusks and ebony they brought to you in payment <i>or</i> as gifts. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>Aram traded with you because of the abundance of the goods you made. They paid for your merchandise with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of Minnith [in Ammon], cakes, honey, oil, and balm they paid for your goods. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>Damascus traded with you because of the abundance of your handiworks and the immense wealth of every kind, with the wine of Helbon [Aleppo] and the white wool [of Sachar in Syria]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Vedan and Javan traded with yarn from Uzal [in Arabia] for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were among your merchandise. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Dedan traded with you in saddle blankets for riding. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were your customers for lambs, rams, and goats [favored by you]; for these they were your customers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The merchants of Sheba and Raamah [in Arabia], they traded with you; they paid for your wares with the choicest of all kinds of spices and all kinds of precious stones and gold. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Haran and Canneh and Eden [in Mesopotamia], the merchants of Sheba [on the Euphrates], Asshur and Chilmad traded with you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>They traded with you in choice fabrics <i>and</i> garments, in clothes of blue <i>or</i> violet and embroidered work, and in [treasures of] multi-colored damask <i>and</i> knotted carpets bound with tightly wound cords, <i>which were</i> among your merchandise. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The ships of Tarshish were the caravans for your merchandise, <t><p class="indent1">And you [Tyre] were replenished and very glorious [heavily laden with an imposing fleet] <t><p class="indent1">In the heart of the seas. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Your rowers have brought you <t><p class="indent1">Into great <i>and</i> deep waters; <t><p class="indent1">The east wind has broken <i>and</i> shipwrecked you <t><p class="indent1">In the heart of the seas. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Your riches, your wares, your merchandise <t><p class="indent1">Your oarsmen and your pilots, <t><p class="indent1">Your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, <t><p class="indent1">And all your men of war who are with you, <t><p class="indent1">With all your company that is in your midst, <t><p class="indent1">Will sink in the heart of the seas <t><p class="indent1">On the day of your ruin. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“The pasture lands <i>and</i> the countryside will shake <t><p class="indent1">At the [piercing] sound of the [hopeless, wailing] cry of your pilots. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“All who handle the oar, <t><p class="indent1">The mariners and all the pilots of the sea <t><p class="indent1">Will come down from their ships; <t><p class="indent1">They will stand on the shore, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And they will make their voice heard [as they wail loudly] over you <t><p class="indent1">And they will cry bitterly. <t><p class="indent1">They will throw dust on their heads; <t><p class="indent1">They will wallow in ashes. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“And they will make themselves [completely] bald for you <t><p class="indent1">And wrap themselves in sackcloth; <t><p class="indent1">And in bitterness of soul they will weep for you <t><p class="indent1">With bitter mourning <i>and</i> wailing. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“In their wailing they will take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for you <t><p class="indent1">And sing a dirge for you: <p class="indent1stline">‘Who is like Tyre, <t><p class="indent1">Like her who is silent [destroyed] in the midst of the sea? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>‘When your wares went out to the sea, <t><p class="indent1">You met the desire, <i>and</i> the demand, <i>and</i> the necessities of many people; <t><p class="indent1">You enriched the kings of the earth <t><p class="indent1">With your abundant wealth and merchandise. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>‘Now you are shattered by the seas <t><p class="indent1">In the depths of the waters; <t><p class="indent1">Your merchandise and all your crew <t><p class="indent1">Have gone down with you. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>‘All the inhabitants of the coastlands <t><p class="indent1">Are aghast <i>and</i> appalled at you, <t><p class="indent1">And their kings are horribly frightened <i>and</i> shudder; <t><p class="indent1">Their faces twitch <i>and</i> pale. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>‘The merchants among the people hiss at you [with malicious joy]; <t><p class="indent1">You have become a horror <i>and</i> a source of terrors. <t><p class="indent1">You will cease to be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>forever.’”’”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> A peak of Mount Hermon.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> A city north of Sidon.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> The first Dedanites to settle in Arabia may have sailed to Arabia from the island of Rhodes.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> The people of the kingdom of Aram were descendants of Aram, the son of Shem, son of Noah (Gen 10:22, 23). The territory of the Arameans also included areas later identified as Syria and Mesopotamia.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> The capital city of Aram.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">36</span> As late as the thirteenth century A.D. the grandeur of the ancient city of Tyre was still visible. As time passed a large part of the western section of “the island” became covered by the sea, and early travelers told of seeing “houses, towers, and streets far down in the deep.” The site gradually disappeared; however, sporadic excavations (subject to the political climate) began in 1947, and many sections of the ancient city have been uncovered. 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