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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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/ezekiel/27.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">A Lament for Tyre</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to me: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrances to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>:</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">“O Tyre, you have said,</span><br /><span class="indent">‘I am perfect in beauty.’</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Your borders are in the heart of the seas;</span><br /><span class="indent">your builders made perfect your beauty.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They made all your planks</span><br /><span class="indent">of fir trees from Senir;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">they took a cedar from Lebanon</span><br /><span class="indent">to make a mast for you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Of oaks of Bashan</span><br /><span class="indent">they made your oars;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">they made your deck of pines</span><br /><span class="indent">from the coasts of Cyprus,</span><br /><span class="indent">inlaid with ivory.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt</span><br /><span class="indent">was your sail,</span><br /><span class="indent">serving as your banner;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah</span><br /><span class="indent">was your awning.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad</span><br /><span class="indent">were your rowers;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you;</span><br /><span class="indent">they were your pilots.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were in you,</span><br /><span class="indent">caulking your seams;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you</span><br /><span class="indent">to barter for your wares.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Men of Arvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made perfect your beauty.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Javan, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>From Beth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your wares. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The men of Dedan<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew; Septuagint Rhodes">a</a></sup></span> traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Syria did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and ruby. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, meal,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown">b</a></sup></span> honey, oil, and balm. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Damascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and wool of Sahar <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and casks of wine<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Probable reading; Hebrew wool of Sahar 19and Dan and Javan">c</a></sup></span> from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were bartered for your merchandise. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your favored dealers in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The traders 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Haran, Canneh, Eden, traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>In your market these 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The ships of Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden in the heart of the seas.</p> <span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“Your rowers have brought you out</span><br /><span class="indent">into the high seas.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">The east wind has wrecked you</span><br /><span class="indent">in the heart of the seas.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,</span><br /><span class="indent">your mariners and your pilots,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,</span><br /><span class="indent">and all your men of war who are in you,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">with all your crew</span><br /><span class="indent">that is in your midst,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">sink into the heart of the seas</span><br /><span class="indent">on the day of your fall.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">At the sound of the cry of your pilots</span><br /><span class="indent">the countryside shakes,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">and down from their ships</span><br /><span class="indent">come all who handle the oar.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">The mariners and all the pilots of the sea</span><br /><span class="indent">stand on the land</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">and shout aloud over you</span><br /><span class="indent">and cry out bitterly.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">They cast dust on their heads</span><br /><span class="indent">and wallow in ashes;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">they make themselves bald for you</span><br /><span class="indent">and put sackcloth on their waist,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,</span><br /><span class="indent">with bitter mourning.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">In their wailing they raise a lamentation for you</span><br /><span class="indent">and lament over you:</span><br /><span class="ln-group">‘Who is like Tyre,</span><br /><span class="indent">like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">When your wares came from the seas,</span><br /><span class="indent">you satisfied many peoples;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">with your abundant wealth and merchandise</span><br /><span class="indent">you enriched the kings of the earth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Now you are wrecked by the seas,</span><br /><span class="indent">in the depths of the waters;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">your merchandise and all your crew in your midst</span><br /><span class="indent">have sunk with you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">All the inhabitants of the coastlands</span><br /><span class="indent">are appalled at you,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and the hair of their kings bristles with horror;</span><br /><span class="indent">their faces are convulsed.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/27-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The merchants among the peoples hiss at you;</span><br /><span class="indent">you have come to a dreadful end</span><br /><span class="indent">and shall be no more forever.’”</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Hebrew; Septuagint <i>Rhodes</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Probable reading; Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">wool of Sahar</span> <verse-num>19</verse-num>and Dan and Javan</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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