1 ¶ The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,

2 Now, son of man, sing a lamentation for Tyre;

3 And say to Tyre, O you that are situated at a portal to the sea, who are a merchant dealing with people on many coasts, The Lord GOD says; O Tyre, you have said, My beauty is perfect.

4 Your realm is in the midst of the sea, your builders have perfected your beauty.

5 They have made all your planks from fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for you.

6 They made your oars of oak from Bashan; your deck of boxwood from the shores of Cyprus, inlaid with ivory.

7 Your sail which also serves as an ensign is made of fine woven linen from Egypt; your awning is violet and purple from the coasts of Elishah.

8 Men from Zidon and Arvad are rowing for you: skilled men, O Tyre, are within you, and are your pilots.

9 Master craftsmen from Gebal are within you; they caulk your seams: all the ships of the sea with their seamen came to you to trade for your merchandise.

10 Men from Persia, Lud, and Put are soldiers in your army: they hang their shields and helmets within you; making you look splendid.

11 Men of Arvad and Helech are on your walls all around, and men of Gammad are on your towers: they hang their shields on your walls all around; they have made your beauty perfect.

12 Tarshish is doing business with you because you are so very rich; they exchange silver, iron, tin, and lead, for your goods.

13 Greece, Tubal, and Meshech, are doing business with you: they exchange slaves and articles of brass for your goods.

14 Those of the house of Togarmah exchange horses, war horses, and mules for your wares.

15 The men of Dedan do business with you; you trade with many lands by the sea: and they bring you ebony and tusks of ivory as tribute.

16 Syria is doing business with you because of your numerous products: they exchanged emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and agate for your goods.

17 Judah, and the land of Israel, do business with you: they exchanged wheat from Minnith, meal, honey, oil, and balm in your market.

18 Damascus does business with you because of your numerous products and your great wealth of every kind; trading in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

19 Rhodes and Greece go away having exchanged wrought iron, cinnamon, and sweet cane for your goods.

20 Dedan supplies you with saddlecloths for riding.

21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, do business with you trading in lambs, rams, and goats.

22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah do business with you: for your goods they exchange the finest of spices, and all kinds of precious stones, and gold.

23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad, do business with you.

24 They trade with you for splendid clothes, purple robes, embroidered work, richly woven cloth, and rugs of colored yarn, bound and secured with cords in your marketplace.

25 The ships of Tarshish were the caravans for your merchandise: so you became full, and heavily loaded in the midst of the sea.

26 ¶ Your rowers have taken you into deep waters: but an east wind will destroy you in the midst of the sea.

27 Your riches, your goods, your merchandise, your mariners, your pilots, those who repair your leaks, those who trade for your goods, and all the soldiers who are in you, with the entire company that is in your midst, will sink into the midst of the sea on the day of your ruin.

28 The land nearby will shake at the sound of your sailor’s cries.

29 And all who handle the oars, the sailors, and all the seafarers, will step down from their ships, and will stand on the land;

30 And will lift up their voices over you, and will cry out bitterly, and will put dust on their heads, and will cover themselves with ashes:

31 And they will shave their heads for you, and wrap themselves with sackcloth, and they will weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

32 And in their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, What city is like Tyre, silent and desolate in the midst of the sea?

33 When your goods went out by sea, you satisfied many people; you enriched the kings of the earth with the abundance of your riches and your merchandise.

34 Now the sea will wreck you with its deep water, your goods and all the people in you will go down with you.

35 All the inhabitants of the coasts will be astonished at you, and their kings will be terrified, and it will show on their faces.

36 The traders among the people will jeer at you; you will become a terror, and will never exist again.