1The word of Jehovah came again unto me , saying , 2And thou, son of man , take up a lamentation over Tyre ; 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 . 4Thy borders are in the heart of the seas ; thy builders have perfected thy beauty . 5They have made all thy planks of fir-trees from Senir ; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for thee . 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 . 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 . 8The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers : thy wise men , O Tyre , were in thee, they were thy pilots . 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 .
The Trade and Wealth of Tyre
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 . 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 . 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 . 13Javan , Tubal , and Meshech , they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise . 14They of the house of Togarmah traded for thy wares with horses and war-horses and mules . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . 19Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares : bright iron , cassia , and calamus , were among thy merchandise . 20Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding . 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 . 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 . 23Haran and Canneh and Eden , the traffickers of Sheba , Asshur and Chilmad , were thy traffickers. 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 .
The Fall of Tyre
25The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy merchandise : and thou wast replenished , and made very glorious in the heart of the seas . 26Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters : the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas . 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 . 28At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the suburbs shall shake . 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, 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 : 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 . 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 ? 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 . 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. 35All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at thee , and their kings are horribly afraid ; they are troubled in their countenance . 36The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror , and thou shalt nevermore have any being .