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They used cypress logs from S’nir
to fashion all your planking.
They took cedars from the L’vanon
to make masts for you.
Out of oaks from Bashan
they made your oars.
Your deck they made of ivory
inlaid in larch from the coasts of Kittim.
Richly woven linen from Egypt
was used for your sail, which was also your banner.
Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah
was used to cover your deck-tent.

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They made all your timbers
    of juniper from Senir[a];(A)
they took a cedar from Lebanon(B)
    to make a mast for you.
Of oaks(C) from Bashan
    they made your oars;
of cypress wood[b] from the coasts of Cyprus(D)
    they made your deck, adorned with ivory.
Fine embroidered linen(E) from Egypt was your sail
    and served as your banner;
your awnings were of blue and purple(F)
    from the coasts of Elishah.(G)

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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.