27:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 27:2 “You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.1 27:3 Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance2 of the sea,3 merchant to the peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘O Tyre, you have said, “I am perfect in beauty.”
27:44 Your borders are in the heart of the seas;
your builders have perfected your beauty.
27:5 They have made5 all your planks out of fir trees from Senir;
they took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
27:6 They made your oars from oaks of Bashan;
they made your deck of boxwood, with ivory from the coastlands of Cyprus.
27:7 Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was used for your sail,
which served as your banner;
blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah6 was used for your deck’s awning.
27:8 The residents of Sidon7 and Arvad8 were your rowers;
your skilled9 men, O Tyre, were your captains.
27:9 The elders of Gebal10 and her skilled men were within you, plugging your holes;
all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise.
27:10 Persia, Lud,11 and Put contributed to12 your army—they provided your men of war;
they hung shield and helmet on you; they gave you your splendor.
27:11 The sons of Arvad joined your army on your walls all around you,
and the Gammadites13 were in your towers.
They hung their weapons14 all around your walls;
they perfected your beauty.
27:12 “‘Tarshish15 engaged in trade with you because of your abundant wealth; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your products. 27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you; they exchanged slaves and bronze items for your merchandise. 27:14 Beth-gormah exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your goods. 27:15 The sons of Dedan were your merchants; many coastlands were your customers; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony. 27:16 Aram16 engaged in trade with you because of the abundance of your goods; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your merchandise. 27:17 Judah and the land of Israel engaged in trade with you; they traded wheat from Minnith,17 millet, honey, olive oil, and balm for your products. 27:18 Damascus engaged in trade with you because of the abundance of your goods—because of all your wealth—wine of Helbon and white wool. 27:19 Vedan and Javan from Uzal18 traded wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane for your merchandise. 27:20 Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 27:21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar did business with you; for lambs, rams, and goats, they engaged in trade with you. 27:22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah engaged in trade with you; they traded the best kinds of spices along with precious stones, and gold, for your products. 27:23 Haran, Kanneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad engaged in trade with you. 27:24 They traded with you choice garments, purple clothes and embroidered work, and multicolored carpets, bound and reinforced with cords; these were among your merchandise. 27:25 The ships of Tarshish were the transports for your merchandise.
“‘So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas.
27:26 Your rowers have brought you into surging waters.
The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.
27:27 Your wealth, wares, and merchandise,
your sailors and captains,
your ship’s carpenters,19 your merchants,
and all your men of war within you, along with all your crew who are in you,
will fall into the heart of the seas on the day you are overthrown.
27:28 At the sound of your captains’ cry the countryside shakes;
27:29 all who handle the oar, the sailors and all the sea captains,
will come down from their ships; they will stand on the land.
27:30 They will lament loudly20 over you
and cry bitterly.
They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes;21
27:31 they will tear out their hair because of you,
and put on sackcloth,
and they will bitterly weep over you with intense mourning.22
27:32 As they wail they will lament over you, chanting:
“Who is like Tyre, destroyed23 in the midst of the sea?”
27:33 When your merchandise went out from the seas,
you satisfied many peoples;
with the abundance of your wealth and merchandise,
you enriched the kings of the earth.
27:34 Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the water;
your merchandise and all your company have sunk in the midst of you.
27:35 All the inhabitants of the coastlands are shocked at you;
and their kings are horribly afraid—their faces are distorted.
27:36 The sailors among the peoples hiss at you;
you have become terrified, and will be no more.’”
A Prophecy Against the King of Tyre