1 The word of the LORD came to me:
2 "You, Son of man, raise a lament over Tyre.
3 Say to Tyre, who sits at the gateways of the sea, trader to the peoples on many coastlands, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: Tyre, you have said, I am perfect in beauty.
4 Your territory is in the heart of the seas; your builders made your beauty perfect.
5 Out of fir trees from Senir they built all your planks; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast.
6 From oaks of Bashan they made your oars; your deck they made of ivory set in boxwood from the coastlands of Kittim.
7 Your sail was embroidered fine linen from Egypt, serving as your flag; your awning was blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah.
8 The people of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; your own skilled men, Tyre, were on board as your sailors.
9 The elders of Gebal and its skilled men were on board to caulk your seams. All the ships of the sea and their seamen were in you to deal in your merchandise.
10 "'Persia, Lud and Put were in your army as your warriors; they hung shield and helmet in you; they gave you your splendor.
11 The men of Arvad and your army manned your walls all around, and the Gammadim were in your towers; they hung their quivers on your walls all around; they made your beauty perfect.
12 "'Tarshish did business with you because of your vast wealth of every kind; they paid for your goods with silver, iron, tin and lead.
13 Javan, Tubal and Meshech traded with you; they gave human lives and bronze utensils in exchange for your merchandise.
14 From Beth-togarmah they paid for your goods with horses, war horses and mules.
15 The men of Dedan traded with you; many coastlands were markets under your hand; they paid you tribute in ivory tusks and ebony.
16 Syria did business with you because of your many products; they paid for your goods with turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies.
17 Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they gave wheat from Minnith, pannag, honey, oil and balm in exchange for your merchandise.
18 Damascus did business with you because of your many products and your vast wealth of every kind, with wine from Helbon and white wool.
19 Dan and Javan from Uzal paid for your goods; wrought iron, cassia and calamus were among your merchandise.
20 Dedan traded with you in saddle blankets for riding.
21 Arabia and all the chiefs of Kedar were dealers under your hand; in lambs, rams and goats they did business with you.
22 The traders of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; they paid for your goods with the finest of all spices, every kind of precious stone, and gold.
23 Haran, Canneh and Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you.
24 They traded with you in fine clothing, in cloaks of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors, tied with cords and firmly made, in your marketplace.
25 The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise for you. So you were filled and grew very heavy in the heart of the seas.
26 "'Your oarsmen brought you out onto the mighty waters; the east wind has shattered you in the heart of the seas.
27 Your riches, your goods, your merchandise, your seamen and your sailors, those who caulk your seams and those who deal in your merchandise, and all your warriors in you, with the whole crowd on board, will sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your fall.
28 At the sound of your sailors' cry the open lands will quake.
29 Everyone who pulls an oar will come down from their ships; the seamen and all the sailors of the sea will stand on the shore.
30 They will raise their voices over you and cry bitterly; they will throw dust on their heads and wallow in ashes.
31 They will shave themselves bald for you and put on sackcloth; they will weep over you with bitter souls and bitter mourning.
32 In their wailing they will raise a lament for you and chant over you: Who was ever like Tyre, like the one now silent in the middle of the sea?
33 When your goods came ashore from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with your vast riches and merchandise you made the kings of the earth rich.
34 Now you are shattered by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all the crowd on board have gone down with you.
35 All who live on the coastlands are aghast at you; their kings bristle with horror, their faces convulsed.
36 The traders among the peoples whistle at you; you have become a thing of terror, and you will be no more forever.'"