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Of oaks of Bashan
    they made your oars;
they made your deck of pines
    from the coasts of Cyprus,
    inlaid with ivory.
Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
    was your sail,
    serving as your ensign;
blue and purple from the coasts of Eli′shah
    was your awning.
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad
    were your rowers;
skilled men of Zemer[a] were in you,
    they were your pilots.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:8 Compare Gen 10.18: Heb your skilled men, O Tyre

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