Ezekiel 27

1Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 2“Now you, son of man, begin a lamentation concerning Tyre, 3and say to Tyre, who lives within the gates of the sea, merchants of peoples to many islands, the Lord Yahweh says this to you: 4Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty. 5They have made all your planks with cypress from Mount Hermon; 6They made your oars from the oaks of Bashan; 7Your sails were made from colorful linen from Egypt that served as your banner; 8Those who were living in Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; 9Highly experienced craftsmen from Byblos filled your seams; 10Persia, Lydia, and Libya were in your army, your men of war. 11The men of Arvad and Helek in your army were on your walls surrounding you, and the people of Gammad were in your towers. They hung up their shields on your walls all around you! They completed your beauty. 12Tarshish was a trading partner with you because of your abundant wealth of goods to sell: Silver, iron, tin, and lead. They bought and sold your wares! 13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech—they traded slaves and in items made of bronze. They handled your merchandise. 14Beth Togarmah provided horses, stallions, and mules as your merchandise. 15The men of Rhodes were your traders on many coasts. Merchandise was in your hand; they sent back horn, ivory, and ebony as tribute! 16Aram was a dealer in your many products; they provided emeralds, purple, colored cloth, fine fabric, pearls, and rubies as your merchandise. 17Judah and the land of Israel were trading with you. They provided wheat from Minnith, cakes, honey, oil, and balsam as your merchandise. 18Damascus was a trader of all your products, of all your enormous wealth, and of the wine of Helbon and the wool of Zahar. 19Dan and Javan from Izal provided you with merchandise of wrought iron, cinnamon, and calamus. This became merchandise for you. 20Dedan was your dealer in fine saddle blankets. 21Arabia and all the chiefs of Kedar were traders with you; they provided you with lambs, rams and goats. 22The traders of Sheba and Raamah came to sell you the best of every spice and in all kinds of precious gems; they traded gold for your merchandise. 23Haran, Kanneh, and Eden were traders with you, along with Sheba, Ashur, and Kilmad. 24These were your dealers in ornate robes of violet cloths with woven colors, and in blankets of multicolored, embroidered, and well-woven cloth in your marketplaces. 25The ships of Tarshish were the transporters of your merchandise! 26Your rowers have brought you into vast seas; 27Your wealth, merchandise, and trade goods; your sailors and pilots, and ship builders; your traders of merchandise and all the men of war who are in you, and all your crew—they will sink into the depths of the sea on the day of your destruction. 28Cities at the sea will tremble at the sound of your pilots' cry; 29All those who handle oars will come down from their ships; 30Then they will make you listen to their voice and will wail bitterly; 31They will shave their heads bald for you and bind themselves with sackcloth, 32They will lift up their wails of lamentation for you and sing dirges over you, 33When your merchandise went ashore from the sea, it satisfied many peoples; 34But when you were shattered by the seas, by deep waters, 35All the inhabitants of the coasts were appalled at you,