(KJV) Ezekiel 27¹

⥃A Lament for Tyre

[1] The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, [2] Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;² [3] And say unto Tyrus, O thou³ that art situate at the entry of the sea, [which art] a merchant⁴ of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I [am⁵] of perfect beauty⁶. [4] Thy borders [are] in the midst⁷ of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. [5] They have made⁸ all thy [ship] boards of fir trees of Senir⁹: they have taken cedars¹⁰ from Lebanon to make masts for thee. [6] [Of] the oaks¹¹ of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company¹²¹³ of the Ashurites have made thy benches [of] ivory, [brought] out of the isles¹⁴ of Chittim. [7] Fine linen¹⁵ with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple¹⁶ from the isles of Elishah¹⁷ was that which covered thee. [8] The inhabitants of Zidon¹⁸ and Arvad¹⁹ were thy mariners: thy wise²⁰ [men], O Tyrus, [that] were in thee, were thy pilots. [9] The ancients of Gebal²¹ and the wise [men] thereof were in thee thy calkers²²: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise. [10] They of Persia²³ and of Lud²⁴ and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged²⁵ the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. [11] The men of Arvad²⁶ 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 have²⁷ 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.²⁸ [13] Javan²⁹, Tubal³⁰, and Meshech, they [were] thy merchants: they traded the persons³¹ of men and vessels of brass in thy market³². [14] They of the house of Togarmah³³ traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules. [15] The men of Dedan³⁴ [were] thy merchants; many isles [were] the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee [for] a present horns of ivory³⁵ and ebony. [16] Syria³⁶ [was] thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making³⁷: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate³⁸. [17] Judah, and the land of Israel, they [were] thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat³⁹ of Minnith⁴⁰, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm⁴¹. [18] Damascus⁴² [was] thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon⁴³, and white wool. [19] Dan⁴⁴ also and Javan going to and fro⁴⁵ occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia⁴⁶, and calamus, were in thy market. [20] Dedan⁴⁷ [was] thy merchant in precious clothes⁴⁸ for chariots. [21] Arabia⁴⁹, and all the princes of Kedar⁵⁰, they occupied with thee⁵¹ in lambs⁵², and rams, and goats: in these [were they] thy merchants. [22] The merchants of Sheba⁵³ and Raamah, they [were] thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. [23] Haran⁵⁴, and Canneh⁵⁵, and Eden⁵⁶, the merchants of Sheba⁵⁷, Asshur⁵⁸, [and] Chilmad, [were] thy merchants. [24] These [were] thy merchants in all sorts [of things⁵⁹], in blue clothes⁶⁰, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. [25] The ships⁶¹ of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious⁶² in the midst of the seas.

[26] Thy rowers⁶³ have brought thee into great⁶⁴ waters: the east⁶⁵ wind hath broken thee in the midst⁶⁶ of the seas. [27] Thy riches⁶⁷, 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 all⁶⁸ thy company which [is] in the midst of thee, shall fall⁶⁹ into the midst⁷⁰ of the seas in the day of thy ruin. [28] The suburbs⁷¹ shall shake⁷² at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. [29] And all that handle⁷³ the oar, the mariners, [and] all the pilots of the sea, shall come⁷⁴ down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land; [30] And shall cause⁷⁵ their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast⁷⁶ up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow⁷⁷ themselves in the ashes: [31] And they shall make⁷⁸ themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep⁷⁹ for thee with bitterness of heart [and] bitter wailing. [32] And in their wailing they shall take up⁸⁰ a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, [saying], What [city⁸¹ is] like Tyrus, like the destroyed⁸² in the midst of the sea? [33] When thy wares⁸³ went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the⁸⁴ 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.⁸⁵ [35] All the inhabitants⁸⁶ of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings⁸⁷ shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in [their] countenance. [36] The merchants among the people shall hiss⁸⁸ at thee; thou shalt⁸⁹ be a terror⁹⁰, and never [shalt be] any more⁹¹.