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They cut all your lumber
    from juniper trees on Mount Hermon.
They used a cedar tree from Lebanon
    to make a mast for you.
They made your oars
    out of oak trees from Bashan.
They made your deck out of cypress wood
    from the coasts of Cyprus.
    They decorated it with ivory.
Your sail was made out of beautiful Egyptian linen.
    It served as your banner.
Your shades were made out of blue and purple cloth.
    They were from the coasts of Elishah.

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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.