Of (A)oaks from Bashan they made your oars;
The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks
With ivory from (B)the coasts of [a]Cyprus.
Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail;
Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you.

“Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen;
Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you;
They became your pilots.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:6 Heb. Kittim, western lands, especially Cyprus

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