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Ezekiel - ch 27 v 1 - 20
- The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
- And you, son of man, make a song of grief for Tyre;
- And say to Tyre, O you who are seated at the doorway of the sea, trading for the peoples with the great sea-lands, these are the words of the Lord: You, O Tyre, have said, I am a ship completely beautiful.
- Your builders have made your outlines in the heart of the seas, they have made you completely beautiful.
- They have made all your boards of fir-trees from Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make the supports for your sails.
- Of oak-trees from Bashan they have made your driving blades; they have made your floors of ivory and boxwood from the sea-lands of Kittim.
- The best linen with needlework from Egypt was your sail, stretched out to be a flag for you; blue and purple from the sea-lands of Elishah gave you shade.
- The people of Zidon and Arvad were your boatmen; the wise men of Zemer were in you; they were guiding your ships;
- The responsible men of Gebal and its wise men were in you, making your boards watertight: all the ships of the sea with their seamen were in you trading in your goods.
- Cush and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war, hanging up their body-covers and head-dresses of war in you: they gave you your glory.
- The men of Arvad in your army were on your walls, and were watchmen in your towers, hanging up their arms on your walls round about; they made you completely beautiful.
- Tarshish did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth; they gave silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods.
- Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders; they gave living men and brass vessels for your goods.
- The people of Togarmah gave horses and war-horses and transport beasts for your goods.
- The men of Rodan were your traders: a great number of sea-lands did business with you: they gave you horns of ivory and ebony as an offering.
- Edom did business with you because of the great number of things which you made; they gave emeralds, purple, and needlework, and the best linen and coral and rubies for your goods.
- Judah and the land of Israel were your traders; they gave grain of Minnith and sweet cakes and honey and oil and perfume for your goods.
- Damascus did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth, with wine of Helbon and white wool.
- ... for your goods: they gave polished iron and spices for your goods.
- Dedan did trade with you in cloths for the backs of horses.
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