1The Word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying, 2Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre, 3and say to Tyre, You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord Jehovah: O Tyre, you have said, I am perfect in beauty. 4Your borders are in the midst of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty. 5They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast. 6Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; the company of the Ashurites have inlaid your planks with ivory from the coasts of Kittim. 7Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail; violet and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you. 8The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; they became your sailors. 9The elders of Gebal and its wise men were in you to caulk your seams; all the ships of the sea and their oarsmen were in you to exchange your merchandise. 10Those from Persia, Lydia, and Libya were in your army as men of war; they hung shield and helmet in you; they gave splendor to you. 11Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, and the men of Gammad were in your towers; they hung their shields on your walls all around; they made your beauty perfect. 12Tarshish traded with you because of the multitude of your wealth. They gave you silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods. 13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you. They exchanged souls of men and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 14Those from the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses, steeds, and mules. 15The men of Dedan traded with you; many shores were the market of your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment. 16Syria traded with you because of the abundance of goods you made. They exchanged for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies. 17Judah and the land of Israel traded with you. They exchanged for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and balm. 18Damascus traded with you because of the abundance of goods you made, because of your great wealth, with the wine of Helbon and with white wool. 19Dan and Javan paid for your wares, traversing back and forth. Wrought iron, cassia, and cane were among your merchandise. 20Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21Arabia and all the rulers of Kedar traded with you regularly. They traded with you in lambs, rams, and goats. 22The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you. They exchanged for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold. 23Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad traded with you. 24These traded with you in choice items; in purple clothes, in embroidered work, in cedar chests of multicolored apparel, bound tightly with cords, which were in your marketplace. 25The ships of Tarshish traveled with your merchandise. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas. 26Your oarsmen brought you into many waters, but the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas. 27Your riches, wares, and merchandise, your mariners and pilots, your caulkers and merchandisers, all your men of war who are in you, and the entire company which is in your midst, will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin. 28The open lands will shake at the sound of the cry of your sailors. 29All who handle the oar, the mariners, all the sailors of the sea will come down from their ships and stand on the land. 30They will make their voice heard because of you; they will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; they will wallow in ashes; 31and they will shave themselves completely bald because of you, gird themselves with sackcloth, and weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. 32And in their wailing for you they will take up a lamentation, and lament for you: What city is like Tyre, destroyed in the midst of the sea? 33When your wares went out by sea, you satisfied many people; you enriched the kings of the earth with the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise. 34But you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst. 35All the inhabitants of many shores will be astonished at you; their kings will be in dread, and their countenance will be enraged. 36The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; you will become a terror, and be no more forever.