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1And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,[#Literally “was”; #Literally “to say”]
2“And you, son of man, raise a lament against Tyre.[#Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”]
3And you must say to Tyre, the one who sits at the entrance of the sea as the merchant of the peoples to the many coastlands, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Tyre, you yourself said
4In the heart of the seas are your boundaries;
5They built with pine trees from Senir
they took cedars from Lebanon
6They made your oars
your deck they made with inlaid ivory,
7Your sail was fine linen with colorful weaving from Egypt
blue and purple cloth from the coastlands of Cyprus
8The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvan
your skilled men, O Tyre, were from your own people,
9The elders of Gebal and its skilled men were among you[#Literally “wise men”; #Literally “in you”]
all of the ships of the sea and their mariners were among you
10Persia and Lud and Put
small shield and helmet hung among you
11The people of Arvan and Helech[#Or “children,” or “sons”]
and Gammadites
They hung their quivers on your walls all around;
12“ ‘Tarshish was your trader; from the abundance of all of their wealth, with silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your merchandise.
13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders; in exchange for people and an object of bronze they gave you your wares.[#Or “for a human person/soul”]
14From Beth Togarmah they exchanged horses and war horses and mules for your wares.
15The people of Dedan were trading with you, many coastlands composed the region of your influence; they brought back horns of ivory and ebony as your payment.[#Or “children”; #Literally “hand”]
16Edom was trading with you because of the abundance of your products, trading with malachite, purple wool yarn and colorful weaving, and fine white fabric and black corals and rubies; all these they exchange for your merchandise.[#Reading Edom for Aram]
17Judah and the land of Israel were trading with you with wheat from Minnith and millet and honey and olive oil and balm; all these they gave for your wares.
18Damascus was trading with you because of the abundance of your products, because of the abundance of all of your wealth, trading with the wine of Helbon and white wool.[#Literally “for”]
19Vedan and Javan from Uzal, they exchanged wrought iron, cinnamon, and reed spice for your merchandise; all this was for your wares.[#Or “cassia”]
20Dedan was trading with you, with garments of woven material for riding.
21Arabia and all of the leaders of Kedar were your customers; with young rams and adult rams and goats they were trading with them with you.[#Literally “traders of your hand”]
22The traders of Sheba and Raamah were trading with you, with the finest of every spice and with every precious stone and gold; they exchanged all these for your merchandise.
23Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Sheba, Assyria, and Kilmad were trading with you.
24They were trading with you in finery, in mantles of blue cloth and colorful embroidered work and with rugs of variegated cloth in twisted cords and knotted tightly; these were among your merchandise.[#Literally “in your trading/marketplace” (cf. NET)]
25The ships of Tarshish were carrying for you your wares, and you were filled, and you became very heavy in the heart of the seas.
26“ ‘Into many waters
but the east wind wrecked you
27Your wealth and your merchandise, your wares,
your shipwrights and the barterers of your wares
along with all of your crew who are in the midst of you,
28At the sound of the shout of your seamen,[#Or “cry”]
29And they will go down from their ships,
mariners, all of the seamen of the sea
30and they will lament over you with their voice,[#Hebrew “lamented”]
and they will throw dust on their heads,
31They will shave themselves bald for your sake,[#Literally “And they made bald for you with baldness”]
and they will weep over you with a bitterness of soul
32And they will raise over you with their wailing a lament,[#Hebrew “raised”]
‘Who is like Tyre,
33When your merchandise went out from the seas,
and by your wares
34Now you are broken by seas
your wares and all of your crew
35All of the inhabitants of the coastlands
and their kings shudder in horror;
36The traders among the peoples hiss over you;