Ezekiel 27

1Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,

2“You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;Cross-references: Jer 7:20 · Jer 9:10 · Jer 9:17 · Ezek 19:1 · Ezek 26:17 · Ezek 27:32 · +4 more

3and tell Tyre, ‘You who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many islands, the Lord Yahweh says: “You, Tyre, have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’Cross-references: Ps 50:2 · Isa 23:2 · Isa 23:8 · Isa 23:11 · Ezek 26:17 · Ezek 27:4 · +5 more

4Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.Cross-references: Ezek 26:5

5They have made all your planks of cypress trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.Cross-references: Deut 3:9 · 1Ki 5:1 · 1Ki 5:6 · Ps 29:5 · Ps 92:12 · Ps 104:16 · +2 more

6They have made your oars of the oaks of Bashan. They have made your benches of ivory inlaid in cypress wood from the islands of Kittim.Cross-references: Gen 10:4 · Num 21:33 · Num 24:24 · Isa 2:13 · Isa 23:12 · Jer 2:10 · +2 more

7Your sail was of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, that it might be to you for a banner. Blue and purple from the islands of Elishah was your awning.Cross-references: Gen 10:4 · Ex 25:4 · 1Ki 10:28 · 1Chr 1:7 · Prov 7:16 · Isa 19:9 · +1 more

8The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men, Tyre, were in you. They were your pilots.Cross-references: Gen 10:15 · Gen 10:18 · Gen 49:13 · Josh 11:8 · 1Ki 5:6 · 1Ki 9:27 · +5 more

9The old men of Gebal and its wise men were your repairers of ship seams in you. All the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise.Cross-references: Josh 13:5 · 1Ki 5:18 · Ps 83:7

10“‘“Persia, Lud, and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you. They showed your beauty.Cross-references: Gen 10:6 · Gen 10:13 · Gen 10:22 · 1Chr 1:8 · 1Chr 1:11 · 1Chr 1:17 · +8 more

11The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, and valiant men were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around. They have perfected your beauty.Cross-references: Ezek 27:3

12“‘“Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches. They traded for your wares with silver, iron, tin, and lead.Cross-references: Gen 10:4 · 1Ki 10:22 · 1Ki 22:48 · 2Chr 20:36 · Ps 72:10 · Isa 2:16 · +9 more

13“‘“Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They traded the persons of men and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.Cross-references: Gen 10:2 · Gen 10:4 · 1Chr 1:5 · 1Chr 1:7 · Isa 66:19 · Ezek 27:19 · +8 more

14“‘“They of the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses, war horses, and mules.Cross-references: Gen 10:3 · 1Chr 1:6 · Ezek 38:6

15“‘“The men of Dedan traded with you. Many islands were the market of your hand. They brought you horns of ivory and ebony in exchange.Cross-references: Gen 10:7 · Gen 25:3 · 1Ki 10:22 · 1Chr 1:9 · 1Chr 1:32 · Jer 25:23 · +4 more

16“‘“Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks. They traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.Cross-references: Gen 10:22 · Gen 28:5 · Judg 10:6 · 2Sam 8:5 · 2Sam 10:6 · 2Sam 15:8 · +2 more

17“‘“Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded wheat of Minnith, confections, honey, oil, and balm for your merchandise.Cross-references: Gen 43:11 · Deut 8:8 · Deut 32:14 · Judg 11:33 · 1Ki 5:9 · 2Chr 2:10 · +3 more

18“‘“Damascus was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.Cross-references: Gen 14:15 · Gen 15:2 · 1Ki 11:24 · Isa 7:8 · Ezek 47:16 · Acts 9:2

19“‘“Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were among your merchandise.Cross-references: Ex 30:23 · Judg 18:29 · Ps 45:8 · Song 4:13

20“‘“Dedan was your merchant in precious saddle blankets for riding.Cross-references: Gen 25:3 · Ezek 27:15

21“‘“Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your favorite dealers in lambs, rams, and goats. In these, they were your merchants.Cross-references: Gen 25:13 · 1Ki 10:15 · 1Chr 1:29 · 2Chr 17:11 · Song 1:5 · Isa 21:16 · +4 more

22“‘“The traders of Sheba and Raamah were your traders. They traded for your wares with the best of all spices, all precious stones, and gold.Cross-references: Gen 10:7 · Gen 43:11 · 1Ki 10:1 · 1Chr 1:9 · 2Chr 9:1 · Ps 72:10 · +3 more

23“‘“Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were your traders.Cross-references: Gen 2:8 · Gen 10:10 · Gen 10:22 · Gen 11:31 · Gen 12:4 · Gen 25:3 · +12 more

24These were your traders in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and embroidered work, and in cedar chests of rich clothing bound with cords, among your merchandise.Cross-references: 2Ki 2:8

25“‘“The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise. You were replenished and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.Cross-references: 1Ki 10:22 · Ps 48:7 · Isa 2:16 · Isa 23:14 · Isa 60:9

26Your rowers have brought you into great waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.Cross-references: Ps 48:7 · Ps 93:3 · Isa 33:23 · Jer 18:17 · Ezek 26:19 · Ezek 27:34 · +3 more

27Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, the dealers in your merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your company which is among you, will fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.Cross-references: Prov 11:4 · Ezek 26:12 · Ezek 26:14 · Ezek 26:21 · Ezek 27:7 · Ezek 27:12 · +5 more

28At the sound of the cry of your pilots, the pasture lands will shake.Cross-references: Ex 15:14 · Ezek 26:10 · Ezek 26:15 · Ezek 27:35 · Ezek 31:16 · Nah 2:3

29All who handle the oars, the mariners and all the pilots of the sea, will come down from their ships. They will stand on the land,Cross-references: Ezek 26:16 · Ezek 32:10 · Rev 18:17

30and will cause their voice to be heard over you, and will cry bitterly. They will cast up dust on their heads. They will wallow in the ashes.Cross-references: 1Sam 4:12 · 2Sam 1:2 · Esth 4:1 · Job 2:8 · Job 2:12 · Job 42:6 · +9 more

31They will make themselves bald for you, and clothe themselves with sackcloth. They will weep for you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning.Cross-references: Lev 21:5 · Deut 14:1 · Isa 15:2 · Isa 16:9 · Isa 22:4 · Isa 22:12 · +7 more

32In their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, ‘Who is there like Tyre, like her who is brought to silence in the middle of the sea?’Cross-references: Lam 1:12 · Lam 2:13 · Ezek 26:4 · Ezek 26:17 · Ezek 27:2 · Ezek 27:26 · +1 more

33When your wares came from the seas, you filled many peoples. You enriched the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.Cross-references: Isa 23:3 · Ezek 27:3 · Ezek 27:12 · Ezek 28:4 · Ezek 28:16 · Rev 18:3 · +2 more

34In the time that you were broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company fell within you.Cross-references: Ezek 26:12 · Ezek 26:19 · Ezek 27:26 · Zech 9:3

35All the inhabitants of the islands are astonished at you, and their kings are horribly afraid. They are troubled in their face.Cross-references: Isa 23:6 · Ezek 26:15 · Ezek 28:17 · Ezek 32:10 · Rev 18:9

36The merchants among the peoples hiss at you. You have come to a terrible end, and you will be no more.”’”Cross-references: 1Ki 9:8 · Ps 37:10 · Ps 37:36 · Jer 18:16 · Jer 19:8 · Jer 49:17 · +6 more