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Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

They made all thy double boards of cypress-trees of Senir; they took cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

Of the oaks of Bashan did they make thine oars; they made thy benches of ivory, inlaid in box-wood, out of the isles of Chittim.

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Your domain was on the high seas;
    your builders brought your beauty to perfection.(A)
They made all your timbers
    of juniper from Senir[a];(B)
they took a cedar from Lebanon(C)
    to make a mast for you.
Of oaks(D) from Bashan
    they made your oars;
of cypress wood[b] from the coasts of Cyprus(E)
    they made your deck, adorned with ivory.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:5 That is, Mount Hermon
  2. Ezekiel 27:6 Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.