Ezekiel 27 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Lament over Tyre

Eze 27:1The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,

Eze 27:2And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

Eze 27:3and say unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest at the entry of the sea, that art the merchant of the peoples unto many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, O Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty.

Eze 27:4

Eze 27:4Thy borders are in the heart of the seas; thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

Eze 27:5

Eze 27:5They have made all thy planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for thee.

Eze 27:6

Eze 27:6Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; they have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim.

Eze 27:7

Eze 27:7Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.

Eze 27:8

Eze 27:8The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.

Eze 27:9

Eze 27:9The old men of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to deal in thy merchandise.

Eze 27:10

Eze 27:10Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.

Eze 27:11

Eze 27:11The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and valorous men were in thy towers; they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have perfected thy beauty.

Eze 27:12

Eze 27:12Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for thy wares.

Eze 27:13

Eze 27:13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.

Eze 27:14

Eze 27:14They of the house of Togarmah traded for thy wares with horses and war-horses and mules.

Eze 27:15

Eze 27:15The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand: they brought thee in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.

Eze 27:16

Eze 27:16Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.

Eze 27:17

Eze 27:17Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy traffickers: they traded for thy merchandise wheat of Minnith, and pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

Eze 27:18

Eze 27:18Damascus was thy merchant for the multitude of thy handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

Eze 27:19

Eze 27:19Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.

Eze 27:20

Eze 27:20Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding.

Eze 27:21

Eze 27:21Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they thy merchants.

Eze 27:22

Eze 27:22The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy traffickers; they traded for thy wares with the chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

Eze 27:23

Eze 27:23Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were thy traffickers.

Eze 27:24

Eze 27:24These were thy traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

Eze 27:25

Eze 27:25The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy merchandise: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.

Eze 27:26

Eze 27:26Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.

Eze 27:27

Eze 27:27Thy riches, and thy wares, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the dealers in thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

Eze 27:28

Eze 27:28At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the suburbs shall shake.

Eze 27:29

Eze 27:29And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand upon the land,

Eze 27:30

Eze 27:30and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

Eze 27:31

Eze 27:31and they shall make themselves bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.

Eze 27:32

Eze 27:32And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, Who is there like Tyre, like her that is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?

Eze 27:33

Eze 27:33When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many peoples; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.

Eze 27:34

Eze 27:34In the time that thou wast broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all thy company did fall in the midst of thee.

Eze 27:35

Eze 27:35All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their countenance.

Eze 27:36

Eze 27:36The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt nevermore have any being.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Ezekiel 27 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Lament over Tyre

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