Ezekiel

¹ God's Message came to me:

² "You, son of man, raise a funeral song over Tyre.

³ " 'You boast, Tyre: "I'm the perfect ship—stately, handsome."

⁴ a real beauty, crafted to perfection.

⁵ Mount Hermon junipers. A Lebanon cedar supplied your mast.

⁶ from sturdy Bashan oaks. Cypress from Cyprus inlaid with ivory was used for the decks.

⁷ embroidered linen from Egypt. Your purple deck awnings also came from Cyprus.

⁸ Your seasoned seamen, O Tyre, were the crew.

⁹ were old salts from Byblos. All the ships of the sea and their sailors clustered around you to barter for your goods.

¹⁰ from Paras, Lud, and Put, Elite troops in uniformed splendor. They put you on the map!

¹¹ Arvad, Helech, and Gammad. They hung their shields from the city walls, a final, perfect touch to your beauty.

¹² " 'Tarshish carried on business with you because of your great wealth. They worked for you, trading in silver, iron, tin, and lead for your products.

¹³ " 'Greece, Tubal, and Meshech did business with you, trading slaves and bronze for your products.

¹⁴ " 'Beth-togarmah traded work horses, war horses, and mules for your products.

¹⁵ " 'The people of Rhodes did business with you. Many far-off islands traded with you in ivory and ebony.

¹⁶ " 'Edom did business with you because of all your goods. They traded for your products with agate, purple textiles, embroidered cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies.

¹⁷ " 'Judah and Israel did business with you. They traded for your products with premium wheat, millet, honey, oil, and balm.

¹⁸ " 'Damascus, attracted by your vast array of products and well-stocked warehouses, carried on business with you, trading in wine from Helbon and wool from Zahar.

¹⁹ " 'Danites and Greeks from Uzal traded with you, using wrought iron, cinnamon, and spices.

²⁰ " 'Dedan traded with you for saddle blankets.

²¹ " 'Arabia and all the Bedouin sheiks of Kedar traded lambs, rams, and goats with you.

²² " 'Traders from Sheba and Raamah in South Arabia carried on business with you in premium spices, precious stones, and gold.

²³ " 'Haran, Canneh, and Eden from the east in Assyria and Media traded with you,

²⁴ bringing elegant clothes, dyed textiles, and elaborate carpets to your bazaars.

²⁵ " 'The great Tarshish ships were your freighters, importing and exporting. Oh, it was big business for you, trafficking the seaways!

²⁶ taking you into the high seas. Then a storm out of the east shatters your ship in the ocean deep.

²⁷ sailors and crew, ship's carpenters and soldiers, Sink to the bottom of the sea. Total shipwreck.

²⁸ reverberate on shore.

²⁹ Veteran seamen swim for dry land.

³⁰ a choir of bitter lament over you. They smear their faces with ashes,

³¹ Wear rough burlap, wildly keening their loss.

³² "Who on the high seas is like Tyre!"

³³ you satisfied many peoples. Your worldwide trade made earth's kings rich.

³⁴ sunk to the bottom of the sea, And everything you've bought and sold has sunk to the bottom with you.

³⁵ The hair of kings stands on end, their faces drawn and haggard!

³⁶ throw up their hands: This horror can't happen! Oh, this has happened!' "