The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Ezekiel 27
1 Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,
2 “You, son of man, take up a lamentation
over Tyre;
3 and tell Tyre, ‘You who dwell at the
entry of the sea, who are the merchant
of the peoples to many islands, the Lord
Yahweh says: “You, Tyre, have said,
‘I am perfect in beauty.’
4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas.
Your builders have perfected your
beauty.
5 They have made all your planks of cypress trees from Senir.
They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
6 They have made your oars of the oaks of
Bashan. They have made your benches ofivory
inlaid in cypress wood from the islands of Kittim.
7 Your sail was of fine linen with embroidered
work from Egypt, that it might be to you
for a banner. Blue and purple from the islands of
Elishah was your awning.
8 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were
your rowers. Your wise men, Tyre, were in you.
They were your pilots.
9 The old men of Gebal and its wise men were your repairers
of ship seams in you. All the ships of the sea with their mariners
were in you to deal in your merchandise.
10 Persia, Lud, and Put were in your
army, your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you.
They showed your beauty.
11 The men of Arvad with your army were
on your walls all around,
and valiant men were in your towers.
They hung their shields on your walls all
around. They have perfected your beauty.
12 Tarshish was your merchant by
reason of the multitude of all kinds of
riches. They traded for your wares with
silver, iron, tin, and lead.
13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were
your traders. They traded the persons of
men and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.
14 They of the house of Togarmah
traded for your wares with horses, war
horses, and mules.
15 The men of Dedan traded with you.
Many islands were the market of your
hand. Theybrought youhorns ofivory and
ebony in exchange.
16 Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude
of your handiworks. They traded for your wares with emeralds,
purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.
17 Judah and the land of Israel were
your traders. They traded wheat of Minnith,
confections, honey, oil, and balm for
your merchandise.
18 Damascus was your merchant for
the multitude of your handiworks by reason
of the multitude of all kinds of riches,
with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
19 Vedan and Javan traded with yarn
for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and
calamus were among your merchandise.
20 Dedan was your merchant in precious saddle blankets for riding.
21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar
were your favorite dealers in lambs, rams,
and goats. In these, they were your merchants.
22 The traders of Sheba and Raamah
were your traders. They traded for your
wares with the best of all spices, all precious stones, and gold.
23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders
of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were your
traders.
24 These were your traders in choice
wares, in wrappings of blue and embroidered work, and in cedar chests of rich
clothing bound with cords, among your
merchandise.
25 The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise.
You were replenished and made very glorious in the heart of
the seas.
26 Your rowers have brought you into great
waters.The east wind has broken you in the
heart of the seas.
27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your mariners, your pilots, your repairers of ship seams,
the dealers in your merchandise,
and all your men of war who are in
you, with all your company which is among
you, willfall into the heart ofthe seas in the
day of your ruin.
28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots,
the pasture lands will shake.
29 All who handle the oars,
the mariners and all the pilots of the
sea, will come down from their ships.
They will stand on the land,
30 and will cause their voice to be
heard over you, and will cry bitterly.
They will cast up dust on their heads.
They will wallow in the ashes.
31 They will make themselves bald for you,
and clothe themselves with sackcloth.
They wi ll weep for you in bitterness of
soul,with bitter mourning.
32 In their wailing they will take up a
lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying,
‘Who is there like Tyre, like her who is brought to silence in
the middle of the sea?’
33 When your wares came from the seas,
you filled many peoples. You enriched the kings of the earth
with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.
34 In the time that you were broken by the
seas, in the depths of the waters,
your merchandise and all your company fell with in you.
35 All the inhabitants of the islands are
astonished at you, and their kings are horribly afraid.
They are troubled in their face.
36 The merchants among the peoples hiss
at you. You have come to a terrible end,
and you will be no more.