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Ezekiel 27
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation against Sor;
“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.
and thou shalt say to Sor that dwells at the entrance of the sea, to the mart of the nations coming from many islands, Thus saith the Lord to Sor; Thou hast said, I have clothed myself with my beauty.
Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
In the heart of the sea thy sons have put beauty upon thee for Beelim.
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.
Cedar in Senir was employed for thee in building: boards of cypress timber were taken out of Libanus, and wood to make thee masts of fir.
They constructed all your planking with cypress (note: Or pine or juniper or fir) from Senir (note: That is, Mount Hermon). They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
They made thine oars [of wood] out of the land of Basan; thy sacred utensils they made of ivory, thy shady houses of wood from the isles of Chetiim.
Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus (note: Hebrew Kittim) they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.
Fine linen with embroidery from Egypt supplied thy couch, to put honour upon thee, and to clothe thee with blue and purple from the isles of Elisai; and they became thy coverings.
Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.
And thy princes were the dwellers in Sidon, and the Aradians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Sor, who were in thee, these were thy pilots.
The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.
The elders of the Biblians, and their wise men, who were in thee, these helped thy counsel: and all the ships of the sea and their rowers traded for thee to the utmost west.
The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.
Persians and Lydians and Libyans were in thine army: thy warriors hung in thee shields and helmets; these gave [thee] thy glory.
Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.
The sons of the Aradians and thine army were upon thy walls; there were guards in thy towers: they hung their quivers on thy battlements round about; these completed thy beauty.
Men of Arvad and Helech manned your walls all around, and the men of Gammad were in your towers. They hung their shields around your walls; they perfected your beauty.
The Carthaginians were thy merchants because of the abundance of all thy strength; they furnished thy market with silver, and gold, and iron, and tin, and lead.
Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.
Greece, both the whole [world], and the adjacent coasts, these traded with thee in the persons of men, and they gave [as] thy merchandise vessels of brass.
Javan (note: That is, Greece), Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
Out of the house of Thogarma horses and horsemen furnished thy market.
The men of Beth-togarmah exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your wares.
The sons of the Rhodians were thy merchants; from the islands they multiplied thy merchandise, [even] elephants' teeth: and to them that came in thou didst return thy prices,
The men of Dedan (note: Hebrew; LXX Rhodes) were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.
[even] men [as] thy merchandise, from the multitude of thy trading [population], myrrh and embroidered works from Tharsis: Ramoth also and Chorchor furnished thy market.
Aram (note: Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Edom) was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.
Juda and the children of Israel, these were thy merchants; in the sale of corn and ointments and cassia: and they gave the best honey, and oil, and resin, to thy trading [population].
Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.
[The people of] Damascus were thy merchants by reason of the abundance of all thy power; wine out of Chelbon, and wool from Miletus; and they brought wine into thy market.
Because of your many products and your great wealth of goods, Damascus traded with you wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar,
Out of Asel [came] wrought iron, and there is the sound of wheels among thy trading [population].
and casks of wine from Izal for your wares (note: Probable reading; MT —and Dan and Javan from Uzal (traded) for your wares). Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane (note: Or calamus) were exchanged for your merchandise.
[The people of] Dædan were thy merchants, with choice cattle for chariots.
Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.
Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, these were thy traders with thee, [bringing] camels, and lambs, and rams, in which they trade with thee.
Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.
The merchants of Sabba and Ramma, these were thy merchants, with choice spices, and precious stones: and they brought gold to thy market.
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your wares they exchanged gold, the finest of all spices, and precious stones.
Charra, and Chanaa, these were thy merchants: Assur, and Charman, were thy merchants:
Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.
bringing [for] merchandise blue, and choice stores bound with cords, and cypress wood.
In your marketplace they traded with you fine garments of blue, embroidered work, and multicolored rugs with cords tightly twisted and knotted.
Ships were thy merchants, in abundance, with thy trading [population]: and thou wast filled and very heavily loaded in the heart of the sea.
The ships of Tarshish (note: Or A fleet of trading ships) carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the south wind has broken thee in the heart of the sea.
Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
Thy forces, and thy gain, and that of thy traders, and thy rowers, and thy pilots, and thy counsellors, and they that traffic with thee, and all thy warriors that are in thee: and all thy company in the midst of thee shall perish in the heart of the sea, in the day of thy fall.
Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.
At the cry of thy voice thy pilots shall be greatly terrified.
The countryside will shake when your sailors cry out.
And all the rowers and the mariners shall come down from the ships, and the pilots of the sea shall stand on the land.
All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore.
And they shall wail over thee with their voice, and cry bitterly, and put earth on their heads, and spread ashes under them.
They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
And their sons shall take up a [lament] for thee, even a lamentation for Sor, [saying],
As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?
How large a reward hast thou gained from the sea? thou hast filled nations out of thine abundance; and out of thy mixed merchandise thou hast enriched all the kings of the earth.
When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.
Now art thou broken in the sea, thy traders are in the deep water, and all thy company in the midst of thee: all thy rowers have fallen.
Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.
All the dwellers in the islands have mourned over thee, and their kings have been utterly amazed, and their countenance has wept.
All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.
Merchants from the nations have hissed at thee; thou art utterly destroyed, and shalt not be any more for ever.
Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”