Ezekiel 27
1 The
word of the
LORD came again unto me,
saying,
2 Now, thou
son of
man, take
up a
lamentation for
Tyrus; 3 And
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. 4 Thy
borders are in the
midst of the
seas, thy
builders have
perfected thy
beauty. 5 They have
made all thy ship
boards of fir
trees of
Senir: they have
taken cedars from
Lebanon to
make masts for thee.
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. 7 Fine
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.
8 The
inhabitants of
Zidon and
Arvad were thy
mariners: thy
wise men, O
Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy
pilots. 9 The
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. 10 They 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. 11 The
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.
12 Tarshish was thy
merchant by reason of the
multitude of all kind of
riches; with
silver, iron, tin, and
lead, they
traded in thy
fairs. 13 Javan, Tubal, and
Meshech, they were thy
merchants: they
traded the
persons of
men and
vessels of
brass in thy
market. 14 They of the
house of
Togarmah traded in thy
fairs with
horses and
horsemen and
mules. 15 The
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. 16 Syria 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. 17 Judah, 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. 18 Damascus 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. 19 Dan also and
Javan going to and
fro occupied in thy
fairs: bright iron, cassia, and
calamus, were in thy
market. 20 Dedan was thy
merchant in
precious clothes for
chariots. 21 Arabia, and all the
princes of
Kedar, they
occupied with
thee in
lambs, and
rams, and
goats: in these were they thy
merchants.
22 The
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. 23 Haran, and
Canneh, and
Eden, the
merchants of
Sheba, Asshur, and
Chilmad, were thy
merchants.
24 These 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. 25 The
ships of
Tarshish did
sing of thee in thy
market: and thou wast
replenished, and made
very glorious in the
midst of the
seas. 26 Thy
rowers have
brought thee into
great waters: the
east wind hath
broken thee in the
midst of the
seas. 27 Thy
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. 28 The
suburbs shall
shake at the
sound of the
cry of thy
pilots. 29 And 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; 30 And 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: 31 And 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. 32 And 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? 33 When 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. 34 In 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.
35 All the
inhabitants of the
isles shall be
astonished at thee, and their
kings shall be
sore afraid, they shall be
troubled in their
countenance. 36 The
merchants among the
people shall
hiss at thee; thou shalt be a
terror, and never shalt be any
more.