‏ Ezekiel 27:3-23

3and say to Tyre, awho sits at the
Lit entrances
entrance to the sea, cmerchant of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘This is what the Lord
Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
God says:
Tyre, you 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
Lit built
made all your planks of juniper trees from fSenir;
They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

6 “Of goaks from hBashan they have made your rudders;
With ivory they have
Lit made
inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of jCyprus.

7 “Your sail was of colorfully embroidered linen from Egypt
So that it became your flag;
Your
Lit covering
awning was lviolet and purple from the coastlands of mElishah.

8 “The inhabitants of Sidon and nArvad were your rowers;
Your owise men, Tyre, were
Lit in you
aboard; they were your sailors.

9 “The elders of qGebal 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.

10rPersia, sLud, and tPut were in your army, your men of war. They hung up shield and helmet on you; they presented your splendor. 11The sons of Arvad and your army were on your walls, all around, and the
Or guardians
Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

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. 13 vJavan, wTubal, and xMeshech, they were your traders; with human ylives and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise. 14Those from zBeth-togarmah gave horses, war horses, and mules for your merchandise. 15The sons of aaDedan were your traders. Many coastlands were
Lit the market of your hand
your market; they brought acivory tusks and ebony as your payment.
16 adAram was your customer because of the abundance of your
Lit works
goods; they paid for your merchandise with
Uncertain, perhaps malachite
agemeralds, purple, ahcolorfully woven cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies.
17Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of aiMinnith,
Heb pannag
cakes, honey, oil, and balsam they paid for your merchandise.
18 akDamascus was your customer because of the abundance of your
Lit works
goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool.
19Vedan and Javan paid for your merchandise from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia, and spice reed were among your merchandise. 20 amDedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21 anArabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were
Lit customers of your hand
your customers for aplambs, rams, and goats; for these they were your customers.
22The traders of aqSheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your merchandise with the best of all arbalsam oil, and with all kinds of precious stones, and gold. 23Haran, Canneh, asEden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.
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