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You have extended your boundaries out into the sea; your architects have made you glorious. You are like a ship built of finest fir from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. They made your oars from oaks of Bashan. The walls of your cabin are of cypress from the southern coast of Cyprus.

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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.