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Open English Translation EZE Chapter 27

EZE 27 ©

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27Then Yahweh gave me another message: 2“Now you, humanity’s child, begin a funeral song about Tsor (Tyre), 3and tell Tsor (which is on a coastal island—merchants to peoples on many other islands) that the master Yahweh says this to you:

Tsor, you’ve said, ‘My beauty has reached perfection.’

4Your borders are surrounded by the ocean.

Your builders have perfected your beauty.[fn]

5They made all your planks with cypress from Mt. Hermon (Senir).

They got a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

6They made your oars from the oak trees in Bashan.

They made your decks out of cypress wood from Cyprus, and overlaid them with ivory.

7Your sails were made from colourful linen from Egypt (Heb. Mitsrayim) that served as your banner.

The colors of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah are used for the awning on your boat.

8Those who were living in Tsidon and Arvad were your rowers.

The wise men of Tsor were within you—they were your pilots.

9Experienced craftsmen from Geval sealed your seams.

All the ships and their sailors among you were carrying your merchandise for trade.

10Warriors from Persia, Lydia, and Libya were in your army.

They hung their shields and helmets within you.

They displayed your splendour.

11The men of Arvad and Helek in your army were on your walls surrounding you,

and the people from Gammad were in your towers.

They hung up their shields on your walls all around you.

They completed your beauty.

12Tarshish was a trading partner with you because of your abundant wealth of goods. They traded silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares. 13Yavan, Tubal, and Meshech traded slaves as well as bronze items for your merchandise. 14Beyt-Togarmah provided horses, stallions, and mules in exchange for your products. 15The men of Dedan (Rhodes Island) were your traders on many coasts. You sent the merchandise and they sent back ivory tusks and ebony wood as payment. 16Syria (Heb. Aram) was a dealer in your many productsthey provided emeralds, purple dye, coloured cloth, fine fabric, pearls, and rubies for your merchandise. 17Yehudah and Yisrael were trading with you. They provided wheat from Minnit, cakes, honey, oil, and balsam for your merchandise. 18Damascus was a trader of all your products, of all your enormous wealth, and of the wine from Helbon and the wool from Zahar.[fn] 19Dan and Yavan from Uzal provided you with merchandise of wrought iron, cinnamon, and fragrant calamus seeds which became merchandise for you. 20Dedan was your dealer in woven saddle blankets. 21Arabia and all the leaders of Kedar were traders with you—they provided you with lambs, rams and goats. 22Traders from Sheba and Ramah came to sell you the best of every spice and all kinds of precious gems—they traded gold for your goods. 23Haran, Kanneh, and Eden were traders with you, along with Sheba, Ashur, and Kilmad. 24Those were your traders in fancy robes of violet cloths with woven colours, and in blankets of multicoloured, embroidered, and well-woven cloth in your marketplaces. 25The ships of Tarshish were the transporters of your merchandise.

So you were filled up—heavily laden with cargo there in the heart of the seas.

26Your rowers have brought you into vast seas.

The east wind has wrecked you in the middle of them.

27Your wealth, merchandise, and trade goods,

your sailors, pilots, and ship-builders,

your traders of merchandise and all the men of war who are in you, and all your crew—

they will sink into the depths of the sea at the time of your destruction.

28The surroundings will shake

when they hear your pilot’s cry of distress.


29All the oarsmen will come down off their ships.

Mariners and all the pilots on the sea will stand on the land,

30then they’ll raise their voices towards you and will wail bitterly.

They’ll throw dust up onto their heads. They’ll roll around to get covered in ashes.

31They’ll shave their heads bald for you and dress in rough sackcloth,[fn]

and they’ll weep bitterly over you and they will cry out with loud moans.

32They will wail loudly for you and sing funeral songs about you.

Who is like the city of Tsor, which has now been brought to silence in the middle of the sea?

33When your merchandise went ashore from the sea, it pleased many peoples.

You enriched kings across the world with your great wealth and merchandise.

34But when you were shattered by the seas, by deep waters,

your merchandise and all your crew sank.

35All the inhabitants of the coastal kingdoms were appalled at you,

and their kings shuddered in horror—their faces trembled.

36The merchants of the people hiss at you.

You’ve become a horror, and you won’t exist anymore.”


27:4 Here, the island city of Tyre is imagined as a ship in the ocean.

27:18 Possibly, Zahar (used only once in the Hebrew scriptures) could refer to the white colour of the wool.

27:30 All of these (dust, ashes, shaving, sackcloth) are traditional signs of mourning.

27and_ the_word_of _he/it_was of_YHWH to_me to_say.
2And_you(ms) Oh_son_of humankind take_up on Tsor/(Tyre) a_lamentation.
3And_say to_Tsor/(Tyre) the_sits[fn] at the_entrances_of the_sea the_trader_of the_peoples to islands many thus my_master he_says YHWH Oh_Tsor/(Tyre) you you_have_said I am_perfect_of beauty.
4In/on/at/with_heart_of the_seas borders_of_your builders_of_your they_perfected beauty_of_your.
5Fir_trees from_Sənīr they_built to/for_you(fs) DOM all_of planks a_cedar from_Ləⱱānōn they_took for_doing a_mast for_you.
6Oaks from_Bāshān they_made oars_of_your deck_of_your they_made ivory daughter_of daughter_of-cypresses from_coasts_of Kittim[fn].
7Fine_linen in/on/at/with_embroidered from_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) it_was sail_of_your to_be to/for_you(fs) as_banner blue and_purple from_coasts_of ʼElīshāˊh it_was awning_of_your.
8The_inhabitants_of Tsīdōn/(Sidon) and_ʼArvad they_were those_who_row to/for_you(fs) skilled_of_your Oh_Tsor/(Tyre) they_were in/on/at/with_you they pilots_of_your.
9The_elders_of Gəⱱāl and_wise_of_its they_were in/on/at/with_you the_repairers_of seams_of_your all_of the_ships_of the_sea and_sailors_of_their they_were in/on/at/with_you to_barter_for wares_of_your.
10Pāraş and_Lūd and_Pūţ they_were in/on/at/with_army_of_your men_of war_of_your shield and_helmet they_hung_up in/on/at/with_you they they_gave splendour_of_you.
11The_people_of ʼArvad and_Helech were_on walls_of_your all_around and_Gammād in/on/at/with_towers_of_your they_were shields_of_their they_hung_up on walls_of_your all_around they they_perfected beauty_of_your.
12Tarshiysh did_business_of_your because_of_abundance_of all_of wealth in/on/at/with_silver iron tin and_lead they_exchanged merchandise_of_your.
13Yāvān/(Javan) Tūⱱal and_Meshek they traded_of_your in/on/at/with_lives_of human[s] and_vessels_of bronze they_exchanged merchandise_of_your.
14From_Bēyt_of Tōgarmāh horses and_war_horses and_mules they_exchanged wares_of_your.
15The_people_of Dədān traded_of_you islands many were_the_merchandise_of influence_of_your horns_of ivory and_ebony[fn] they_brought payment_of_your.
16ʼArām did_business_of_you because_of_abundance_of products_of_your in/on/at/with_turquoise purple and_embroidered_work and_fine_linen and_coral and_rubies they_exchanged in/on/at/with_merchandise_of_your.
17Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_land_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) they traded_of_you in/on/at/with_wheat_of Minnit and_millet and_honey and_oil and_balm they_exchanged merchandise_of_your.
18Dammeseq did_business_of_you in/on/at/with_abundance_of products_of_your because_of_great_of all_of wealth in/on/at/with_wine_of Ḩelbōn and_wool_of Tsaḩar/(Zahar).
19Vədān and_Yāvān/(Javan) from_ʼŪzāl in/on/at/with_merchandise_of_your they_exchanged iron wrought cassia and_calamus in/on/at/with_merchandise_of_your it_was.
20Dədān traded_of_you in/on/at/with_garments_of material for_riding.
21ˊĒreⱱ and_all the_princes_of Qēdār they were_the_traders_of hand_of_your in/on/at/with_lambs and_rams and_goats in/on/at/with_these did_business_of_you.
22The_traders_of Sheⱱaˊ and_Raˊmāh they traded_of_you in/on/at/with_best_of every_of spice and_on/over_all stone precious and_gold they_exchanged merchandise_of_your.
23Ḩārān and_Canneh and_ˊĒden the_traders_of Sheⱱaˊ ʼAshshūr Kilmād/(Chilmad) traded_of_you.
24They traded_of_you in/on/at/with_choice_garments in/on/at/with_clothes_of blue and_embroidered_work and_in/on/at/with_carpets_of variegated_cloth in/on/at/with_cords bound and_made_secure in/on/at/with_merchandise_of_your.
25The_ships_of Tarshiysh carriers_of_you wares_of_your and_filled and_heavily_loaded exceedingly in/on/at/with_heart_of the_seas.
26In/on/at/with_seas many brought_you the_rowers the_wind_of DOM_your the_east wrecked_you in/on/at/with_heart_of the_seas.
27Wealth_of_your and_merchandise_of_your merchandise_of_your mariners_of_your and_pilots_of_your the_repairers_of leaks_of_your[fn] and_dealers_of merchandise_of_your and_all the_men_of war_of_your who on/over_you(fs) and_on/over_all crew_of_your which in/on/at/with_midst_of_you they_will_fall in/on/at/with_heart_of the_seas in/on_day downfall_of_your.
28To_sound/voice of_the_outcry_of pilots_of_your pasturelands they_will_quake.
29And_down_come from_ships_of_their[fn] all_of those_who_wield_of (of)_an_oar mariners all_of the_sailors_of the_sea to the_earth/land they_will_stand.
30And_raise over_you in/on/at/with_voice_of_their and_cry bitter and_throw dust on heads_of_their in/on/at/with_ashes they_will_roll.
31And_shave for_you baldness and_put_on sackcloth(s) and_weep over_you in/on/at/with_bitterness_of emotion wailing bitter.
32And_raise for_you in/on/at/with_wailing_of_their a_lamentation and_lament over_you who like_Tsor/(Tyre) like_silenced in_the_middle the_sea.
33In/on/at/with_went_out merchandise_of_your from_seas you_satisfied peoples many in/on/at/with_abundant_of wealth_of_your and_merchandise_of_your you_made_rich the_kings_of the_earth.
34the_time_of when_being_broken by_seas in/on/at/with_depths_of the_water merchandise_of_your and_all crew_of_your in/on/at/with_midst_of_you they_have_fallen.
35All_of the_inhabitants_of the_coastlands they_have_been_appalled at_you and_kings_of_their they_have_shuddered shuddering faces they_have_been_disconcerted.
36Traders in/on/at/with_peoples they_have_hissed at_you sudden_terror(s) you_have_become and_no_more_you until perpetuity.

27:3 OSHB variant note: ה/ישבתי: (x-qere) ’הַ/יֹּשֶׁ֨בֶת֙’: lemma_d/3427 n_1.2.0 morph_HTd/Vqrfsa id_26qJg הַ/יֹּשֶׁ֨בֶת֙

27:6 OSHB variant note: כתים: (x-qere) ’כִּתִּיִּֽים’: lemma_3794 n_0 morph_HNgmpa id_26NiH כִּתִּיִּֽים

27:15 OSHB variant note: ו/הובנים: (x-qere) ’וְ/הָבְנִ֔ים’: lemma_c/1894 n_0.1 morph_HC/Ncmpa id_26R73 וְ/הָבְנִ֔ים

27:27 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

27:29 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.


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Tyre’s International Trade

Ezekiel 27

Throughout Bible times, the island city of Tyre was renowned for its extensive and prosperous international trade. Located immediately northwest of Galilee, Tyre was one of the most important cities of Phoenicia (see “Phoenicia and Tyre” map) and had ready access to the Mediterranean Sea as well as to the land routes leading to Egypt, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia. The city was established before the Great Pyramids of Egypt and no doubt took part in the Phoenician colonization of distant lands throughout the Mediterranean Sea, including Spain, Sardinia, and Carthage. Many of these colonies continued to trade with Tyre even after they established their independence from the Phoenicians. Tyre’s extensive trade led to immense wealth and international influence, but according to the prophet Ezekiel, this also led the city to be filled with arrogance and pride. Ezekiel 27 mentions all the locations shown on this map as providing goods to Tyre, but Ezekiel artistically foretells of Tyre’s coming destruction by portraying it as a heavily laden merchant ship that suffers a disastrous wreck after being caught in a storm on the high seas.

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