1 M oreover, the word of the Lord came to me saying,

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

2 “ And you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

`And thou, son of man, lift up concerning Tyre a lamentation, and thou hast said to Tyre:

3 a nd say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrance 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.’

O dweller on the entrances of the sea, Merchant of the peoples unto many isles, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: O Tyre, thou -- thou hast said: I the perfection of beauty.

4 “ Your borders are in the heart of the seas; Your builders have perfected your beauty.

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

5 “ They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

Of firs of Senir they have built to thee all thy double-boarded ships, Of cedars of Lebanon they have taken to make a mast for thee,

6 “ Of oaks from Bashan they have made your oars; With ivory they have inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of Cyprus.

Of oaks of Bashan they made thine oars, Thy bench they have made of ivory, A branch of Ashurim from isles of Chittim.

7 “ Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt So that it became your distinguishing mark; Your awning was blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah.

Of fine linen with embroidery from Egypt hath been thy sail, To be to thee for an ensign, Of blue and purple from isles of Elishah hath been thy covering.

8 “ The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; Your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard; they were your pilots.

Inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad have been rowers to thee, Thy wise men, O Tyre, have been in thee, They thy pilots.

9 “ The elders of Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your seams; All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise.

Elders of Gebal and its wise men have been in thee, Strengthening thy breach; All ships of the sea and their mariners, Have been in thee, to trade thy merchandise.

10 “ Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you; they set forth your splendor.

Persian and Lud and Phut Have been in thy forces -- thy men of war. Shield and helmet they hung up in thee, They -- they have given out thine honour.

11 T he sons of Arvad and your army were on your walls, all around, and the Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

The sons of Arvad, and thy force, on thy walls round about, And short swordsmen in thy towers have been, Their shields they have hung up on thy walls round about, They -- they have perfected thy beauty.

12 “ Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin and lead they paid for your wares.

Tarshish thy merchant, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For silver, iron, tin, and lead, They have given out thy remnants.

13 J avan, Tubal and Meshech, they were your traders; with the lives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech -- they thy merchants, For persons of men, and vessels of brass, They have given out thy merchandise.

14 T hose from Beth-togarmah gave horses and war horses and mules for your wares.

They of the house of Togarmah, horses, and riding steeds, and mules, They have given out thy remnants.

15 T he sons of Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were your market; ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment.

Sons of Dedan thy merchants, Many isles the mart of thy hand, Horns of ivory and ebony they sent back thy reward.

16 A ram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods; they paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies.

Aram thy merchant, Because of the abundance of thy works, For emerald, purple, and embroidery, And fine linen, and coral, and agate, They have given out thy remnants.

17 J udah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of Minnith, cakes, honey, oil and balm they paid for your merchandise.

Judah and the land of Israel -- they thy merchants, For wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, And honey, and oil, and balm, They have given out thy merchandise.

18 D amascus was your customer because of the abundance of your goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool.

Damascus thy merchant, For the abundance of thy works, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For wine of Helbon, and white wool.

19 V edan and Javan paid for your wares from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise.

Vedan and Javan go about with thy remnants, They have given shining iron, cassia, and cane, In thy merchandise it hath been.

20 D edan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.

Dedan thy merchant, For clothes of freedom for riding.

21 A rabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were your customers for lambs, rams and goats; for these they were your customers.

Arabia, and all princes of Kedar, They the traders of thy hand, For lambs, and rams, and he-goats, In these thy merchants.

22 T he traders of Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of spices, and with all kinds of precious stones and gold.

Merchants of Sheba and Raamah -- they thy merchants, For the chief of all spices, And for every precious stone, and gold, They have given out thy remnants.

23 H aran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you.

Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, merchants of Sheba, Asshur -- Chilmad -- thy merchants,

24 T hey traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.

They thy merchants for perfect things, For wrappings of blue, and embroidery, And for treasuries of rich apparel, With cords bound and girded, for thy merchandise,

25 T he ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your merchandise. And you were filled and were very glorious In the heart of the seas.

Ships of Tarshish thy double walls of thy merchandise, And thou art filled and honoured greatly, In the heart of the seas.

26 “ Your rowers have brought you Into great waters; The east wind has broken you In the heart of the seas.

Into great waters have they brought thee, Those rowing thee, The east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.

27 “ Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise, Your sailors and your pilots, Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise And all your men of war who are in you, With all your company that is in your midst, Will fall into the heart of the seas On the day of your overthrow.

Thy wealth and thy remnants, Thy merchandise, thy mariners, And thy pilots, strengtheners of thy breach, And the traders of thy merchandise, And all thy men of war, who in thee, And in all thine assembly that in thy midst, Fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall,

28 “ At the sound of the cry of your pilots The pasture lands will shake.

At the voice of the cry of thy pilots shake do the suburbs.

29 “ All who handle the oar, The sailors and all the pilots of the sea Will come down from their ships; They will stand on the land,

And come down from their ships have all handling an oar, Mariners, all the pilots of the sea, on the land they stand,

30 A nd they will make their voice heard over you And will cry bitterly. They will cast dust on their heads, They will wallow in ashes.

And have sounded for thee with their voice, And cry bitterly, and cause dust to go up on their heads, In ashes they do roll themselves.

31 “ Also they will make themselves bald for you And gird themselves with sackcloth; And they will weep for you in bitterness of soul With bitter mourning.

And they have made for thee baldness, And they have girded on sackcloth, And they have wept for thee, In bitterness of soul -- a bitter mourning.

32 “ Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you And lament over you: ‘Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?

And lifted up for thee have their sons a lamentation, And they have lamented over thee, who as Tyre? As the cut-off one in the midst of the sea?

33 ‘ When your wares went out from the seas, You satisfied many peoples; With the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise You enriched the kings of earth.

With the outgoing of thy remnants from the seas, Thou hast filled many peoples, With the abundance of thy riches, and thy merchandise, Thou hast made rich things of earth.

34 ‘ Now that you are broken by the seas In the depths of the waters, Your merchandise and all your company Have fallen in the midst of you.

The time of being broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, Thy merchandise and all thy assembly in thy midst have fallen.

35 ‘ All the inhabitants of the coastlands Are appalled at you, And their kings are horribly afraid; They are troubled in countenance.

All inhabitants of the isles have been astonished at thee, And their kings have been sore afraid, They have been troubled in countenance.

36 ‘ The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; You have become terrified And you will cease to be forever.’”’”

Merchants among the peoples have shrieked for thee, Wastes thou hast been, and thou art not -- to the age!'