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Ezekiel 27:5-9
The Message
Ezekiel 27:5-9
The Message
Tyre, Gateway to the Sea
27 1-9 God’s Message came to me: “You, son of man, raise a funeral song over Tyre. Tell Tyre, gateway to the sea, merchant to the world, trader among the far-off islands, ‘This is what God, the Master, says:
“‘You boast, Tyre:
“I’m the perfect ship—stately, handsome.”
You ruled the high seas from
a real beauty, crafted to perfection.
Your planking came from
Mount Hermon junipers.
A Lebanon cedar
supplied your mast.
They made your oars
from sturdy Bashan oaks.
Cypress from Cyprus inlaid with ivory
was used for the decks.
Your sail and flag were of colorful
embroidered linen from Egypt.
Your purple deck awnings
also came from Cyprus.
Men of Sidon and Arvad pulled the oars.
Your seasoned seamen, O Tyre, were the crew.
Ship’s carpenters
were old salts from Byblos.
All the ships of the sea and their sailors
clustered around you to barter for your goods.
Ezekiel 27:5-7
New International Version
Ezekiel 27:5-7
New International Version
5 They made all your timbers
of juniper from Senir[a];(A)
they took a cedar from Lebanon(B)
to make a mast for you.
6 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.
7 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)
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 27:5 That is, Mount Hermon
- Ezekiel 27:6 Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.
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