Lamentation for Tyre

27 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, 2 “Now, son of man, atake up a lamentation for Tyre, 3 and say to Tyre, b‘You who 1are situated at the entrance of the sea, cmerchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:

“O Tyre, you have said,

d‘I am perfect in beauty.’

4 Your borders are in the midst of the seas.

Your builders have perfected your beauty.

5 They 2made all your planks of fir trees from eSenir;

They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast.

6 Of foaks from Bashan they made your oars;

The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks

With ivory from gthe coasts of 3Cyprus.

7 Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail;

Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you.

8 “Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen;

Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you;

They became your pilots.

9 Elders of hGebal and its wise men

Were in you to caulk your seams;

All the ships of the sea

And their oarsmen were in you

To market your merchandise.

10 “Those from Persia, 4Lydia, and 5Libya

Were in your army as men of war;

They hung shield and helmet in you;

They gave splendor to you.

11 Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around,

And the men of Gammad were in your towers;

They hung their shields on your walls all around;

They made iyour beauty perfect.

12 j“Tarshish was your merchant because of your many luxury goods. They gave you silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods. 13 kJavan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They bartered lhuman lives and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 14 Those from the house of mTogarmah traded for your wares with horses, steeds, and mules. 15 The men of nDedan were your traders; many isles were the market of your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment. 16 Syria was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. They gave you for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies. 17 Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of oMinnith, millet, honey, oil, and pbalm. 18 Damascus was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made, because of your many luxury items, with the wine of Helbon and with white wool. 19 Dan and Javan paid for your wares, 6traversing back and forth. Wrought iron, cassia, and cane were among your merchandise. 20 qDedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding. 21 Arabia and all the princes of rKedar were your regular merchants. They traded with you in lambs, rams, and goats. 22 The merchants of sSheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold. 23 tHaran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of uSheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. 24 These were your merchants in choice items—in purple clothes, in embroidered garments, in chests of multicolored apparel, in sturdy woven cords, which were in your marketplace.

25 “The vships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise.

You were filled and very glorious win the midst of the seas.

26 Your oarsmen brought you into many waters,

But xthe east wind broke you in the midst of the seas.

27 “Your yriches, wares, and merchandise,

Your mariners and pilots,

Your caulkers and merchandisers,

All your men of war who are in you,

And the entire company which is in your midst,

Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin.

28 The zcommon-land 7will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.

29 “All awho handle the oar,

The mariners,

All the pilots of the sea

Will come down from their ships and stand on the 8shore.

30 They will make their voice heard because of you;

They will cry bitterly and bcast dust on their heads;

They cwill roll about in ashes;

31 They will dshave themselves completely bald because of you,

Gird themselves with sackcloth,

And weep for you

With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

32 In their wailing for you

They will etake up a lamentation,

And lament for you:

f‘What city is like Tyre,

Destroyed in the midst of the sea?

33 ‘When gyour wares went out by sea,

You satisfied many people;

You enriched the kings of the earth

With your many luxury goods and your merchandise.

34 But hyou are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters;

iYour merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst.

35 jAll the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you;

Their kings will be greatly afraid,

And their countenance will be troubled.

36 The merchants among the peoples kwill hiss at you;

lYou will become a horror, and be no mmore forever.’ ” ’ ”

Proclamation Against the King of Tyre

28 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, 2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

“Because your heart is alifted 1up,

And byou say, ‘I am a god,

I sit in the seat of gods,

cIn the midst of the seas,’

dYet you are a man, and not a god,

Though you set your heart as the heart of a god

3 (Behold, eyou are wiser than Daniel!

There is no secret that can be hidden from you!

4 With your wisdom and your understanding

You have gained friches for yourself,

And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;

5 gBy your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches,

And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”

6 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God:

“Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,

7 Behold, therefore, I will bring hstrangers against you,

iThe most terrible of the nations;

And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,

And defile your splendor.

8 They shall throw you down into the jPit,

And you shall die the death of the slain

In the midst of the seas.

9 “Will you still ksay before him who slays you,

‘I am a god’?

But you shall be a man, and not a god,

In the hand of him who slays you.

10 You shall die the death of lthe uncircumcised

By the hand of aliens;

For I have spoken,” says the Lord God.’ ”

Lamentation for the King of Tyre

11 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 12 “Son of man, mtake up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

n“You were the seal of perfection,

Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

13 You were in oEden, the garden of God;

Every precious stone was your covering:

The sardius, topaz, and diamond,

Beryl, onyx, and jasper,

Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.

The workmanship of pyour timbrels and pipes

Was prepared for you on the day you were created.

14 “You were the anointed qcherub who covers;

I established you;

You were on rthe holy mountain of God;

You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.

15 You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created,

Till siniquity was found in you.

16 “By the abundance of your trading

You became filled with violence within,

And you sinned;

Therefore I cast you as a profane thing

Out of the mountain of God;

And I destroyed you, tO covering cherub,

From the midst of the fiery stones.

17 “Your uheart was 2lifted up because of your beauty;

You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;

I cast you to the ground,

I laid you before kings,

That they might gaze at you.

18 “You defiled your sanctuaries

By the multitude of your iniquities,

By the iniquity of your trading;

Therefore I brought fire from your midst;

It devoured you,

And I turned you to ashes upon the earth

In the sight of all who saw you.

19 All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you;

vYou have become a horror,

And shall be no wmore forever.” ’ ”

Proclamation Against Sidon

20 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 21 “Son of man, xset your face ytoward Sidon, and prophesy against her, 22 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

z“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon;

I will be glorified in your midst;

And athey shall know that I am the Lord,

When I execute judgments in her and am bhallowed in her.

23 cFor I will send pestilence upon her,

And blood in her streets;

The wounded shall be judged in her midst

By the sword against her on every side;

Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

24 “And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or da painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who edespise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God.”

Israel’s Future Blessing

25 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “When I have fgathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am ghallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. 26 And they will hdwell 3safely there, ibuild houses, and jplant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God.” ’ ”