1 T he word of the Lord came again to me, saying,

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying:

2 N ow you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre,

And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,

3 A nd say to Tyre, O you who dwell at the entrance to the sea, who are merchant of the peoples of many islands and coastlands, thus says the Lord God: O Tyre, you have thought and said, I am perfect in beauty.

and say unto Tyre: O thou that art situate at the entries of the sea, and traffickest with the peoples in many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty.

4 Y our borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.

Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

5 T hey have made all your planks and boards of fir trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

They made all thy double boards of cypress-trees of Senir; they took cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

6 O f the oaks of Bashan they have made your oars; they have made your deck and benches of boxwood from the coasts of Cyprus, inlaid with ivory.

Of the oaks of Bashan did they make thine oars; they made thy benches of ivory, inlaid in box-wood, out of the isles of Chittim.

7 O f fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be an ensign for you; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was the awning which covered you.

Byssus with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, to serve thee for a banner; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.

8 T he inhabitants of Sidon and of Arvad were your oarsmen; your skilled and wise men, O Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots.

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, who were in thee, were thy pilots.

9 T he old men of Gebal and its skilled and wise men in you were your calkers; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise and trading.

The elders of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee repairing thy leaks; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee, to barter with thee.

10 P ersia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war; they hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you beauty and splendor.

Persia and Lud and Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged shield and helmet in thee; they gave splendour to thee.

11 T he men of Arvad with your army were upon your walls round about and valorous men were in your towers; they hung their shields upon your walls round about; they have perfected your beauty and splendor.

The children of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadim were on thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they made thy beauty perfect.

12 T arshish carried on traffic with you because of the abundance of your riches of all kinds; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they traded for your wares.

Tarshish dealt with thee by reason of the abundance of all substance; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they furnished thy markets.

13 J avan (Greece), Tubal, and Meshech traded with you. They exchanged the lives of men and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee the persons of men, and vessels of bronze.

14 T hey of the house of Togarmah (Armenia) traded for your wares with horses, cavalry horses, and mules.

They of the house of Togarmah furnished thy markets with horses, and horsemen, and mules.

15 T he men of Dedan traded with you; many islands and coastlands were your own markets; they brought you in payment or as presents ivory tusks and ebony.

The children of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand: they rendered in payment horns of ivory, and ebony.

16 A ram (Syria or Mesopotamia) and Edom traded with you because of the multitude of the wares of your making. They exchanged for your merchandise emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and agate or rubies.

Syria dealt with thee for the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded in thy markets with carbuncles, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and corals, and rubies.

17 J udah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; they exchanged in your market wheat of Minnith, olives or early figs, honey, oil, and balm.

Judah and the land of Israel were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee wheat of Minnith, and sweet cakes, and honey, and oil, and balm.

18 D amascus traded with you because of the abundance of supplies of your handiworks and the immense wealth of every kind, with wine of Helbon and white wool.

Damascus dealt with thee because of the multitude of thy handiworks, by reason of the abundance of all substance, with wine of Helbon, and white wool.

19 V edan also and Javan traded with yarn from Uzal for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were exchanged for your merchandise.

Vedan and Javan of Uzal traded in thy markets: wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were in thy traffic.

20 D edan supplied you with precious cloths for riding.

Dedan was thy trafficker in precious riding-cloths.

21 A rabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants in lambs, rams, and goats favored by you; in these they traded with you.

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were the merchants of thy hand: in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these did they trade with thee.

22 T he merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; they exchanged for your wares the choicest of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold.

The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were thy traffickers: they furnished thy markets with all the choice spices, and with all precious stones and gold.

23 H aran and Canneh and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad were your traders.

Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with thee:

24 T hese traded with you in choice fabrics, in bales of garments of blue and embroidered work, and in treasures of many colored rich damask and carpets bound with cords and made firm; in these they traded with you.

these traded with thee in sumptuous clothes, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in chests full of variegated stuffs, bound with cords and made of cedar-wood, amongst thy merchandise.

25 T he ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise, and you were replenished and were heavily loaded and made an imposing fleet in the heart of the seas.

The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy traffic; and thou wast replenished, and highly honoured, in the heart of the seas.

26 Y our rowers have brought you out into great and deep waters; the east wind has broken and wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters; the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.

27 Y our riches, your wares, your merchandise, your oarsmen and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your company which is in your midst, sink in the heart of the seas on the day of your ruin!

Thy substance, and thy markets, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, they that repair thy leaks, and they that barter with thee, and all thy men of war that are in thee, along with all thine assemblage which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall.

28 T he waves and the countryside shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.

The open places shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.

29 A nd down from their ships come all who handle the oar. The mariners and all the pilots of the sea stand upon the shore

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

30 A nd are heard wailing loudly over you, and they cry bitterly. They cast up dust on their heads; they wallow in ashes,

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

31 A nd they make themselves bald for you and gird themselves with sackcloth, and they weep over you in bitterness of heart and with bitter mourning and wailing.

And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth; and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.

32 A nd in their wailing they take up a lamentation for you and lament over you, saying, Who was ever like Tyre, the destroyed (the annihilated), in the heart of the sea?

And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, Who is like Tyre, like her that is destroyed in the midst of the sea?

33 W hen your wares came forth from the seas, you met the desire, the demand, and the necessities of many people; you enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.

When thy wares went forth over the seas, thou filledst many peoples; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the abundance of thy substance and of thy merchandise.

34 N ow you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your crew have gone down with you.

In the time thou art broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all thine assemblage in the midst of thee have fallen.

35 A ll the inhabitants of the isles and coastlands are astonished and appalled at you, and their kings are horribly frightened and shudder greatly; their faces quiver.

All the inhabitants of the isles are amazed at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, countenance is troubled.

36 T he merchants among the people hiss over you; you have become a horror and a source of terrors. You shall be no more.

The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt never be any more.