27:1 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
27:2 “And you, son of man, take up a song of mourning over Tyre;
27:3 and say to Tyre, who sits at the ①entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘This is what the Lord ②GOD says:
“Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
▷ ①Lit entrances ②Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch
27:4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas;
Your builders have perfected your beauty.
27:5 They have ①made all your planks of juniper trees from Senir;
They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
▷ ①Lit built
27:6 Of oaks from Bashan they have made your rudders;
With ivory they have ①inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of Cyprus.
▷ ①Lit made
27:7 Your sail was of colorfully embroidered linen from Egypt
So that it became your flag;
Your ①awning was violet and purple from the coastlands of Elishah.
▷ ①Lit covering
27:8 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers;
Your wise men, Tyre, were ①aboard; they were your sailors.
▷ ①Lit in you
27:9 The elders of Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your leaks;
All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise.
27:10 “Persia, Lud, and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung up shield and helmet on you; they presented your splendor.
27:11 The sons of Arvad and your army were on your walls, all around, and the ①Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.
▷ ①Or guardians
27:12 “Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your merchandise.
27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traders; with human lives and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.
27:14 Those from Beth-togarmah gave horses, war horses, and mules for your merchandise.
27:15 The sons of Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were ①your market; they brought ivory tusks and ebony as your payment.
▷ ①Lit the market of your hand
27:16 Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your ①goods; they paid for your merchandise with ②emeralds, purple, colorfully woven cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies.
▷ ①Lit works ②Uncertain, perhaps malachite
27:17 Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of Minnith, ①cakes, honey, oil, and balsam they paid for your merchandise.
▷ ①Heb pannag
27:18 Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your ①goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool.
▷ ①Lit works
27:19 Vedan and Javan paid for your merchandise from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia, and spice reed were among your merchandise.
27:20 Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.
27:21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were ①your customers for lambs, rams, and goats; for these they were your customers.
▷ ①Lit customers of your hand
27:22 The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your merchandise with the best of all balsam oil, and with all kinds of precious stones, and gold.
27:23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.
27:24 They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of violet and colorfully woven cloth, and in blankets of two colors, and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.
27:25 The ships of Tarshish were ①the carriers for your merchandise.
And you were filled and were very ②glorious
In the heart of the seas.
▷ ①Lit your travelers ②Lit honored
27:26 “Your rowers have brought you
Into great waters;
The east wind has broken you
In the heart of the seas.
27:27 Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise,
Your seamen and your sailors,
Your repairers of leaks, your dealers in merchandise,
And all your men of war who are in you,
With all your contingent that is in your midst,
Will fall into the heart of the seas
On the day of your overthrow.
27:28 At the sound of the cry of your sailors,
The pasture lands will shake.
27:29 All who handle the oar,
The seamen and all the sailors of the sea
Will come down from their ships;
They will stand on the land,
27:30 And they will make their voice heard over you
And cry out bitterly.
They will throw dust on their heads,
They will wallow in ashes.
27:31 Also they will shave themselves bald for you
And put on sackcloth;
And they will weep for you in bitterness of soul
With bitter mourning.
27:32 Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a song of mourning for you
And sing a song of mourning over you:
‘Who is like Tyre,
Like her who is silent 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 your merchandise
You enriched the kings of the earth.
27:34 ①Now that you are broken by the seas
In the depths of the waters,
Your merchandise and all your company
Have fallen in the midst of you.
▷ ①Lit The time
27:35 All the inhabitants of the coastlands
Are appalled at you,
And their kings are horribly afraid;
They ①have a troubled look.
▷ ①Lit are troubled in face
27:36 The merchants among the peoples hiss at you;
You have become ①terrified
And you will cease to be forever.’ ” ’ ”
▷ ①Lit terrors