LEB EZE chapter 27

A Lament for Doomed Tyre

27 And the word of Yahweh came[fn] to me, saying,[fn] 2 “And you, son of man,[fn] raise a lament against Tyre.

3 And 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,[fn]
- “I am perfect[fn]
- 4 the heart of the seas are your boundaries; your builders perfected your beauty.
- 5 with pine trees from Senir all of your boards for you;
they took cedars from Lebanon
- to make a sailing mast[fn]
- 6  with oaks from Bashan;
your deck they made with inlaid ivory,
- with cypress trees from the coastlands of Cyprus.[fn]
- 7 [fn]
blue and purple cloth from the coastlands of Cyprus[fn]
- was your awning.
- 8  were your rowers;
your[fn] O Tyre, were [fn]
- and they were your seamen.
- 9 [fn] were [fn] as the repairers of the seam of your boat;
all of the ships of the sea and their mariners were[fn]
- to barter your wares.
- 10  were[fn]
small shield and helmet hung[fn]
- and gave to you your adornment.
- 11 [fn] of Arvan and Helech were on your walls all around,
and Gammadites
- were in your towers.
They hung their quivers[fn] on your walls all around;
- they perfected your beauty.

12 “ ‘Tarshish was your trader; from the abundance of all of their wealth, with silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your merchandise. 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders; in exchange for people[fn] and an object of bronze they gave you your wares. 14 From Beth Togarmah they exchanged horses and war horses and mules for your wares. 15 The people[fn] of Dedan were trading with you, many coastlands composed the region of your influence;[fn] they brought back horns of ivory and ebony as your payment. 16 Edom[fn] 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. 17 Judah 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. 18 Damascus was trading with you because of[fn] the abundance of your products, because of the abundance of all of your wealth, trading with the wine of Helbon and white wool. 19 Vedan and Javan from Uzal, they exchanged wrought iron, cinnamon,[fn] and reed spice for your merchandise; all this was for your wares. 20 Dedan was trading with you, with garments of woven material for riding. 21 Arabia and all of the leaders of Kedar were your customers;[fn] with young rams and adult rams and goats they were trading with them with you. 22 The 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. 23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Sheba, Assyria, and Kilmad were trading with you. 24 They 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.[fn] 25 The 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 the rowers brought you;

but[fn] wrecked you
- in the heart of the seas.
- 27  your mariners, and your seamen,
your shipwrights[fn] and the barterers of your wares
- and all of[fn] who are in you,
along[fn] with all of your crew who are in the midst of you,
- they will fall in the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.
- 28 [fn] of your seamen, the pasturelands will shake.
- 29  all of those holding an oar,
mariners, all of the seamen of the sea
- will stand on the land,
- 30 [fn] over you with their voice, and they will cry out[fn] bitterly,
and they will throw[fn] dust on their heads,
- and they will roll[fn] in the dust.
- 31 [fn] and they will dress[fn] themselves in sackcloth,
and they will weep[fn] over you with a bitterness of soul[fn]
- and with bitter wailing.
- 32 [fn] over you with their wailing a lament, and they will chant[fn] a lament over you:
‘Who is like Tyre,
- like this destruction in the midst of the sea?’
- 33 the seas, you satisfied many peoples with the abundance of your wealth,
and by your wares
- you made rich the kings of the world.
- 34  in the depths of waters;
your wares and all of your crew
- in the midst of you have sunk.
- 35  are appalled over you,
and their kings[fn] in horror;
- [fn]
- 36  you have become a horror,
- and[fn]

27:1 Literally “was”

27:1 Literally “to say”

27:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”

27:3 Literally “you you said”

27:3 Literally “of beauty”

27:3 Literally “on you”

27:3 According to the reading tradition (Qere)

27:3 Literally “to be for you as a banner”

27:3 Or “Elishah”

27:3 Literally “wise men”

27:3 Literally “in you”

27:3 Literally “wise men”

27:3 Literally “in you”

27:3 Literally “in your army as the men of war your”

27:3 Literally “in you”

27:3 Or “children,” or “sons”

27:3 Or “shields” (cf. NJPS; NIV)

27:13 Or “for a human person/soul”

27:15 Or “children”

27:15 Literally “hand”

27:16 Reading Edom for Aram

27:18 Literally “for”

27:19 Or “cassia”

27:21 Literally “traders of your hand”

27:24 Literally “in your trading/marketplace” (cf. NET)

27:25 Literally “the wind of the east”

27:25 Literally “the repairers/strengtheners of your seams”

27:25 Literally “the men of your war”

27:25 Hebrew “and”

27:25 Or “cry”

27:25 Hebrew “lamented”

27:25 Hebrew “cried out”

27:25 Hebrew “threw”

27:25 Hebrew “rolled”

27:25 Literally “And they made bald for you with baldness”

27:25 Hebrew “dressed”

27:25 Hebrew “wept”

27:25 Or “of their inner self”

27:25 Hebrew “raised”

27:25 Hebrew “chanted”

27:25 Literally “they have bristling hair”

27:25 Literally “they are distorted as to faces”

27:25 Literally “there is not you until eternity/endless ages” (cf. NRSV)

LEB EZE Chapter 27