They have [a]made all your planks of juniper trees from (A)Senir;
They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
Of (B)oaks from (C)Bashan they have made your rudders;
With ivory they have [b]inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of (D)Cyprus.
Your sail was of colorfully embroidered linen from Egypt
So that it became your flag;
Your [c]awning was (E)violet and purple from the coastlands of (F)Elishah.

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  1. Ezekiel 27:5 Lit built
  2. Ezekiel 27:6 Lit made
  3. Ezekiel 27:7 Lit covering

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