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The End of Tyre’s Glory
Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Then this message came to me from the LORD:
A Lament for Tyre
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
“Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
that mighty gateway to the sea, the trading center of the world. Give Tyre this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“You boasted, O Tyre,
‘My beauty is perfect!’
“You boasted, O Tyre,
‘My beauty is perfect!’
And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
You extended your boundaries into the sea.
Your builders made your beauty perfect.
Your builders made your beauty perfect.
Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
Your sails were made of Egypt’s finest linen,
and they flew as a banner above you.
You stood beneath blue and purple awnings
made bright with dyes from the coasts of Elishah.
and they flew as a banner above you.
You stood beneath blue and purple awnings
made bright with dyes from the coasts of Elishah.
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Your oarsmen came from Sidon and Arvad;
your helmsmen were skilled men from Tyre itself.
your helmsmen were skilled men from Tyre itself.
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
Wise old craftsmen from Gebal did the caulking.
Ships from every land came with goods to barter for your trade.
Ships from every land came with goods to barter for your trade.
The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
Men from Arvad and Helech stood on your walls. Your towers were manned by men from Gammad. Their shields hung on your walls, completing your beauty.
The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
“Tarshish sent merchants to buy your wares in exchange for silver, iron, tin, and lead.
Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
“From Beth-togarmah came riding horses, chariot horses, and mules, all in exchange for your goods.
They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
“Damascus sent merchants to buy your rich variety of goods, bringing wine from Helbon and white wool from Zahar.
Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
“Dedan sent merchants to trade their expensive saddle blankets with you.
Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
The Arabians and the princes of Kedar sent merchants to trade lambs and rams and male goats in exchange for your goods.
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah came with all kinds of spices, jewels, and gold in exchange for your wares.
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
“Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad came with their merchandise, too.
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.
They brought choice fabrics to trade — blue cloth, embroidery, and multicolored carpets rolled up and bound with cords.
These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.
The ships of Tarshish were your ocean caravans. Your island warehouse was filled to the brim!
The Destruction of Tyre
The Destruction of Tyre
The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
“But look! Your oarsmen
have taken you into stormy seas!
A mighty eastern gale
has wrecked you in the heart of the sea!
have taken you into stormy seas!
A mighty eastern gale
has wrecked you in the heart of the sea!
The Destruction of Tyre
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
Everything is lost —
your riches and wares,
your sailors and pilots,
your ship builders, merchants, and warriors.
On the day of your ruin,
everyone on board sinks into the depths of the sea.
your riches and wares,
your sailors and pilots,
your ship builders, merchants, and warriors.
On the day of your ruin,
everyone on board sinks into the depths of the sea.
Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
Your cities by the sea tremble
as your pilots cry out in terror.
as your pilots cry out in terror.
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
All the oarsmen abandon their ships;
the sailors and pilots stand on the shore.
the sailors and pilots stand on the shore.
And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
They cry aloud over you
and weep bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads
and roll in ashes.
and weep bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads
and roll in ashes.
And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
They shave their heads in grief for you
and dress themselves in burlap.
They weep for you with bitter anguish
and deep mourning.
and dress themselves in burlap.
They weep for you with bitter anguish
and deep mourning.
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
As they wail and mourn over you,
they sing this sad funeral song:
‘Was there ever such a city as Tyre,
now silent at the bottom of the sea?
they sing this sad funeral song:
‘Was there ever such a city as Tyre,
now silent at the bottom of the sea?
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
The merchandise you traded
satisfied the desires of many nations.
Kings at the ends of the earth
were enriched by your trade.
satisfied the desires of many nations.
Kings at the ends of the earth
were enriched by your trade.
When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
Now you are a wrecked ship,
broken at the bottom of the sea.
All your merchandise and crew
have gone down with you.
broken at the bottom of the sea.
All your merchandise and crew
have gone down with you.
In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
All who live along the coastlands
are appalled at your terrible fate.
Their kings are filled with horror
and look on with twisted faces.
are appalled at your terrible fate.
Their kings are filled with horror
and look on with twisted faces.
All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.