Ezekiel 27 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

A Lament for Tyre

Eze 27:1The word of the LORD came to me:

Eze 27:2“Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre,

Eze 27:3and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrances to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD:
“O Tyre, you have said,
‘I am perfect in beauty.’

Eze 27:4

Eze 27:4Your borders are in the heart of the seas;
your builders made perfect your beauty.

Eze 27:5

Eze 27:5They made all your planks
of fir trees from Senir;
they took a cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.

Eze 27:6

Eze 27:6Of oaks of Bashan
they made your oars;
they made your deck of pines
from the coasts of Cyprus,
inlaid with ivory.

Eze 27:7

Eze 27:7Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
was your sail,
serving as your banner;
blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah
was your awning.

Eze 27:8

Eze 27:8The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad
were your rowers;
your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you;
they were your pilots.

Eze 27:9

Eze 27:9The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were in you,
caulking your seams;
all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you
to barter for your wares.

Eze 27:10

Eze 27:10“Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.

Eze 27:11

Eze 27:11Men of Arvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made perfect your beauty.

Eze 27:12

Eze 27:12“Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares.

Eze 27:13

Eze 27:13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.

Eze 27:14

Eze 27:14From Beth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your wares.

Eze 27:15

Eze 27:15The men of Dedan[fn] traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony.

Eze 27:16

Eze 27:16Syria did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and ruby.

Eze 27:17

Eze 27:17Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, meal,[fn] honey, oil, and balm.

Eze 27:18

Eze 27:18Damascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and wool of Sahar

Eze 27:19

Eze 27:19and casks of wine[fn] from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were bartered for your merchandise.

Eze 27:20

Eze 27:20Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.

Eze 27:21

Eze 27:21Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your favored dealers in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you.

Eze 27:22

Eze 27:22The traders of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; they exchanged for your wares the best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold.

Eze 27:23

Eze 27:23Haran, Canneh, Eden, traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.

Eze 27:24

Eze 27:24In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure.

Eze 27:25

Eze 27:25The ships of Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden in the heart of the seas.

Eze 27:26

Eze 27:26“Your rowers have brought you out
into the high seas.
The east wind has wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.

Eze 27:27

Eze 27:27Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your mariners and your pilots,
your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
and all your men of war who are in you,
with all your crew
that is in your midst,
sink into the heart of the seas
on the day of your fall.

Eze 27:28

Eze 27:28At the sound of the cry of your pilots
the countryside shakes,

Eze 27:29

Eze 27:29and down from their ships
come all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
stand on the land

Eze 27:30

Eze 27:30and shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
They cast dust on their heads
and wallow in ashes;

Eze 27:31

Eze 27:31they make themselves bald for you
and put sackcloth on their waist,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
with bitter mourning.

Eze 27:32

Eze 27:32In their wailing they raise a lamentation for you
and lament over you:
‘Who is like Tyre,
like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?

Eze 27:33

Eze 27:33When your wares came from the seas,
you satisfied many peoples;
with your abundant wealth and merchandise
you enriched the kings of the earth.

Eze 27:34

Eze 27:34Now you are wrecked by the seas,
in the depths of the waters;
your merchandise and all your crew in your midst
have sunk with you.

Eze 27:35

Eze 27:35All the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled at you,
and the hair of their kings bristles with horror;
their faces are convulsed.

Eze 27:36

Eze 27:36The merchants among the peoples hiss at you;
you have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.’”

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ESV Footnotes

(27:15)

Hebrew; Septuagint Rhodes

(27:17)

The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown

(27:19)

Probable reading; Hebrew wool of Sahar 19 and Dan and Javan

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A Lament for Tyre

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