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10 Men from Persia and Lud and Put[a]
    served as warriors in your army.
They proudly displayed on your walls
    their shields and helmets to bring you splendor.
11 Men of Arvad and Helech
    guarded your walls on every side,
    while the men of Gamad manned your towers.
They hung their shields all around your walls,
    thereby perfecting your beauty.

12 [b]Tarshish[c] traded with you because of the vast abundance of your wealth, exchanging silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:10 Put: in Africa, near the Indian Ocean.
  2. Ezekiel 27:12 A section in prose is introduced into the middle of the lament; it provides valuable information on international trade in the sixth century B.C., especially in the Palestinian area.
  3. Ezekiel 27:12 Tarshish: a city founded on the Spanish coast by people from Tyre; it symbolizes the far-off places of the then known world.

10 “‘Men of Persia,(A) Lydia(B) and Put(C)
    served as soldiers in your army.
They hung their shields(D) and helmets on your walls,
    bringing you splendor.
11 Men of Arvad and Helek
    guarded your walls on every side;
men of Gammad
    were in your towers.
They hung their shields around your walls;
    they brought your beauty to perfection.(E)

12 “‘Tarshish(F) did business with you because of your great wealth of goods;(G) they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead for your merchandise.

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