1 T he Word of the Lord came to me saying,

The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,

2 “ Son of man, sing a song of sorrow over Tyre.

And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

3 S ay to Tyre, whose people live at the gateway to the sea and trade with people from many lands, ‘The Lord God says, “O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

and 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.

4 Y our home is on the sea. Your builders have made you perfect in beauty.

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

5 T hey made your pieces of wood from the fir trees from Senir. They made the wood that holds your sail out of a cedar from Lebanon.

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

6 T hey made your oars out of oak trees from Bashan. They made your floor of ivory and boxwood from the land of Cyprus.

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

7 Y our sail was made of fine and beautiful linen from Egypt, to show all people who you are. Your covering was made of blue and purple cloth from the land of Elishah.

Of 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.

8 T he people of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your own wise and able men were your sailors.

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

9 T he leaders and wise men of Gebal were with you, putting tar where it was needed to keep the water out. All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you to trade for your good things.

The 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.

10 “ Soldiers from Persia and Lud and Put were in your army. They hung battle-coverings and head-coverings in you, and made you beautiful.

Persia 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.

11 T he men of Arvad and Helech were on your walls all around. And men of Gammad were in your towers. They hung their battle-coverings all around your walls, and made you perfect in beauty.

The 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.

12 “ Tarshish traded with you because of all your riches of every kind. They paid for your good things with silver, iron, tin, and lead.

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

13 J avan, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you. They paid for your good things with servants and objects of brass.

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

14 M en of Beth-togarmah paid for your good things with horses, war horses, and mules.

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

15 T he men of Dedan traded with you. Many lands beside the sea traded with you, paying you with ivory horns and beautiful dark wood.

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

16 S yria traded with you because of all your good things. They bought them with stones of great worth, purple cloth, cloth with beautiful sewing, fine linen, and coral.

Syria 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.

17 J udah and the land of Israel traded with you. They paid for your good things with the grain of Minnith, cakes, honey, oil, and medicine.

Judah, 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.

18 D amascus traded with you because of all your good things and riches of all kinds. They paid for them with the wine of Helbon and white wool.

Damascus 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.

19 V edan and Javan traded with you from Uzal. They paid you with pure iron and spices.

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

20 D edan paid you with horse coverings.

Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding.

21 A rabia and all the leaders of Kedar traded with you. They paid you with lambs, rams, and goats.

Arabia, 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.

22 S heba and Raamah traded with you. They paid for your good things with the best of all kinds of spices, stones of great worth, and gold.

The 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.

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

Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were thy traffickers.

24 T hey paid you with the best clothing, clothes of blue cloth and beautiful sewing, floor coverings of many colors, and strong ropes.

These 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.

25 T he ships of Tarshish carried your good things for you. You were filled and honored in the middle of the seas.

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

26 “ Your rowers have brought you into deep waters. The east wind has wrecked you far out in the sea.

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 good things, the things you trade, your sailors, your pilots, your builders, your traders, all your soldiers, and all your people will fall into the sea on the day you are destroyed.

Thy 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.

28 T he lands by the sea will shake at the sound of your sailors’ cry.

At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the suburbs shall shake.

29 A ll the rowers and sailors of the sea will leave their ships. They will stand on the land

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

30 a nd cry in a loud voice of sorrow over you. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.

and 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:

31 T hey will cut off their hair because of you, and dress themselves in cloth made from hair. They will cry over you with much sorrow in their soul.

and 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.

32 I n their crying they will sing a song of sorrow for you, saying, ‘Who is like Tyre, destroyed and quiet in the sea?

And 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?

33 W hen your good things went out on the sea, you pleased many nations. With all your riches and good things you made the kings of the earth rich.

When 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.

34 N ow you are wrecked by the sea, in the deep waters. Your good things and all your people have gone down with you.

In 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.

35 A ll the people who live on the islands are full of fear and wonder because of you. Their kings are very afraid. Their faces are troubled.

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

36 T he traders among the nations make sounds of surprise at you. You have come to an end and you will be no more.’”

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