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They made your oars
    from oak trees from Bashan.
They made your deck
    from cypress trees from the coast of Cyprus
    and set ivory into it.
Your sail of linen with designs sewed on it came from Egypt
    and became like a flag for you.
Your cloth shades over the deck were blue and purple
    and came from the island of Cyprus.
Men from Sidon and Arvad used oars to row you.
    Tyre, your skilled men were the sailors on your deck.

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Of oaks(A) from Bashan
    they made your oars;
of cypress wood[a] from the coasts of Cyprus(B)
    they made your deck, adorned with ivory.
Fine embroidered linen(C) from Egypt was your sail
    and served as your banner;
your awnings were of blue and purple(D)
    from the coasts of Elishah.(E)
Men of Sidon and Arvad(F) were your oarsmen;
    your skilled men, Tyre, were aboard as your sailors.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:6 Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.