Ezekiel:27
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The word of the LORD came again unto me ,
saying ,
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Now ,
you son of man ,
take up a lamentation for Tyrus ;
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And say unto Tyrus ,
O you that are situated at the entry of the sea ,
which are a merchant of the people for many isles ,
Thus says the Lord GOD ;
O Tyrus ,
you have said ,
I am of perfect beauty .
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Your borders are in the midst of the seas ,
your builders have perfected your beauty .
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They have made all your ship boards of fir trees of Senir :
they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for you .
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Of the oaks of Bashan have they made yours oars ;
the company of the Ashurites have made your benches of ivory ,
brought out of the isles of Chittim .
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Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which you spread forth to be your sail ;
blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered you .
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The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were your seamen :
your wise men ,
O Tyrus ,
that were in you ,
were your pilots .
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The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in you your repairer of breaches :
all the ships of the sea with their seamen were in you to occupy your merchandise .
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They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in yours army ,
your men of war :
they hanged the shield and helmet in you ;
they set forth your loveliness .
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The men of Arvad with yours army were upon your walls round about ,
and the Gammadims (
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mercenaries )
were in your towers :
they hanged their shields upon your walls round about ;
they have made your beauty perfect .
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Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches ;
with silver ,
iron ,
tin ,
and lead ,
they traded in your fairs .
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Javan ,
Tubal ,
and Meshech ,
they were your merchants :
they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in your market .
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They of the house of Togarmah traded in your fairs with horses and horsemen and mules .
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The men of Dedan were your merchants ;
many isles were the merchandise of yours hand :
they brought you for a present horns of ivory and ebony .
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Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of your making :
they occupied in your fairs with emeralds ,
purple ,
and broidered work ,
and fine linen ,
and coral ,
and agate .
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Judah ,
and the land of Israel ,
they were your merchants :
they traded in your market wheat of Minnith ,
and Pannag ,
and honey ,
and oil ,
and balm .
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Damascus was your merchant in the multitude of the wares of your making ,
for the multitude of all riches ;
in the wine of Helbon ,
and white wool .
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Dan also and Javan going back and forth occupied in your fairs :
bright iron ,
cassia ,
and calamus ,
were in your market .
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Dedan was your merchant in precious clothes for chariots .
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Arabia ,
and all the princes of Kedar ,
they occupied with you in lambs ,
and rams ,
and goats :
in these were they your merchants .
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The merchants of Sheba and Raamah ,
they were your merchants :
they occupied in your 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 your merchants .
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These were your 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 your merchandise .
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The ships of Tarshish did sing of you in your market :
and you were replenished ,
and made very glorious in the midst of the seas .
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Your rowers have brought you into great waters :
the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas .
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Your riches ,
and your fairs ,
your merchandise ,
your seamen ,
and your pilots ,
your repairer of breaches ,
and the occupiers of your merchandise ,
and all your men of war ,
that are in you ,
and in all your company which is in the midst of you ,
shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of your ruin .
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The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots .
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And all that handle the oar ,
the seamen ,
and all the pilots of the sea ,
shall come down from their ships ,
they shall stand upon the land ;
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And shall cause their voice to be heard against you ,
and shall cry bitterly ,
and shall cast up dust upon their heads ,
they shall wallow themselves in the ashes :
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And they shall make themselves utterly bald for you ,
and gird them with sackcloth ,
and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing .
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And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you ,
and lament over you ,
saying ,
What city is like Tyrus ,
like the destroyed in the midst of the sea ?
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When your wares went forth out of the seas ,
you filled many people ;
you did enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise .
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In the time when you shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters your merchandise and all your company in the midst of you shall fall .
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All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at you ,
and their kings shall be sore afraid ,
they shall be troubled in their countenance .
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The merchants among the people shall hiss at you ;
you shall be a terror ,
and never shall be any more .