¶ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

¹Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

And say unto Tyrus, O thou² that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant³ of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am⁴ of perfect beauty⁵.

Thy borders are in the midst⁶ of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

They have made⁷ all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir⁸: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

Of the oaks¹⁰ of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company¹¹ of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.

Fine linen¹⁴ with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple¹⁵ from the isles of Elishah¹⁶ was that which covered thee.

The inhabitants of Zidon¹⁷ and Arvad¹⁹ were thy mariners: thy wise²⁰ men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

The ancients of Gebal²¹ and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers²²: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.

¶ They of Persia²³ and of Lud²⁴ and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged²⁵ the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.

The men of Arvad²⁶ with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have²⁷ made thy beauty perfect.

²⁸Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.

Javan²⁹, Tubal³⁰, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons³¹ of men and vessels of brass in thy market³².

They of the house of Togarmah³³ traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.

The men of Dedan³⁴ were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory³⁵ and ebony.

Syria³⁶ was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making³⁸: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat³⁹ of Minnith⁴⁰, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm⁴¹.

Damascus⁴² was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon⁴³, and white wool.

Dan⁴⁴ also and Javan going to and fro⁴⁵ occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

¶ Dedan⁴⁶ was thy merchant in precious clothes⁴⁷ for chariots.

Arabia⁴⁸, and all the princes of Kedar⁴⁹, they occupied with thee⁵⁰ in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.

The merchants of Sheba⁵¹ and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

Haran⁵², and Canneh⁵⁴, and Eden⁵⁸, the merchants of Sheba⁵⁹, Asshur⁶⁰, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.

These were thy merchants in all sorts of things,⁶¹ in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

The ships⁶² of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious⁶³ in the midst of the seas.

¶ Thy rowers⁶⁴ have brought thee into great⁶⁵ waters: the east⁶⁶ wind hath broken thee in the midst⁶⁷ of the seas.

Thy riches⁶⁸, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all⁶⁹ thy company which is in the midst⁷⁰ of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

The suburbs⁷¹ shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.

And all that handle⁷² the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come⁷³ down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;

¶ And shall cause⁷⁴ their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast⁷⁵ up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow⁷⁶ themselves in the ashes:

And they shall make⁷⁷ themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep⁷⁸ for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

And in their wailing they shall take up⁷⁹ a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city⁸⁰ is like Tyrus, like the destroyed⁸¹ in the midst of the sea?

When thy wares⁸² went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the⁸³ multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.

⁸⁴In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

All the inhabitants⁸⁵ of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings⁸⁶ shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.

The merchants among the people shall hiss⁸⁷ at thee; thou shalt⁸⁸ be a terror⁸⁹, and never shalt be any more.