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They made all your planks
    of fir trees from Senir;
they took a cedar from Lebanon
    to make a mast for you.(A)
From oaks of Bashan
    they made your oars;
they made your deck of pines[a]
    from the coasts of Cyprus,
    inlaid with ivory.(B)
Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
    was your sail,
    serving as your ensign;
blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah
    was your awning.

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  1. 27.6 Or boxwood

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.

They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.

Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.

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