Ezekiel:27:1-28
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The word of the LORD came again unto me ,
saying ,
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Now ,
thou son of man ,
take up a lamentation for Tyrus ;
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And say unto Tyrus ,
O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea ,
which art a merchant of the people for many isles ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
O Tyrus ,
thou hast said ,
I am of perfect beauty .
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Thy borders are in the midst of the seas ,
thy builders have perfected thy beauty .
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They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir :
they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee .
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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 .
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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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The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners :
thy wise men ,
O Tyrus ,
that were in thee ,
were thy pilots .
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The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers bedeq #:
all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise ma #
arab #.
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They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army ,
thy men of war :
they hanged the shield and helmet in thee ;
they set forth thy comeliness .
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The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about ,
and the Gammadims were in thy towers :
they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about ;
they have made #
thy beauty perfect .
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Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches ;
with silver ,
iron ,
tin ,
and lead ,
they traded in thy fairs .
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Javan ,
Tubal ,
and Meshech ,
they were thy merchants :
they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market ma #
arab #.
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They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules .
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The men of Dedan were thy merchants ;
many isles were the merchandise of thine hand :
they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony .
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Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making ma #
aseh #:
they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds ,
purple ,
and broidered work ,
and fine linen ,
and coral ra #
mah #,
and agate .
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Judah ,
and the land of Israel Yisra #
el #,
they were thy merchants :
they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith ,
and Pannag ,
and honey ,
and oil ,
and balm .
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Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making ma #
aseh #,
for the multitude of all riches ;
in the wine of Helbon ,
and white wool .
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also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs :
bright iron ,
cassia ,
and calamus ,
were in thy market ma #
arab #.
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Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots .
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Arabia Arab #,
and all the princes of Kedar ,
they occupied #
with thee in lambs ,
and rams ,
and goats :
in these were they thy merchants .
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The merchants of Sheba and Raamah Ra #
mah #,
they were thy merchants :
they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices ,
and with all precious stones ,
and gold .
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Haran ,
and Canneh ,
and Eden ,
the merchants of Sheba ,
Asshur ,
and Chilmad ,
were thy merchants .
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These were thy merchants in all sorts of things ,
in blue clothes ,
and broidered work ,
and in chests of rich apparel ,
bound with cords ,
and made of cedar ,
among thy merchandise .
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The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market ma #
arab #:
and thou wast replenished ,
and made very glorious in the midst of the seas .
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Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters :
the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas .
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Thy riches ,
and thy fairs ,
thy merchandise ma #
arab #,
thy mariners ,
and thy pilots ,
thy calkers bedeq #,
and the occupiers of thy merchandise ma #
arab #,
and all thy men of war ,
that are in thee ,
and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee ,
shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin .
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The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots .