Ezekiel 27

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

The LORD's message came to me once more, saying,

Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

Now, you person, sing a sad song about Tyre.

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.

And tell Tyre, you city by the sea entrance and trade center for many islands, this is what God says: Tyre, you've said you are perfectly beautiful.

Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

Your edges are in the middle of the oceans; your creators have made your beauty complete.

They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

They used wood from Senir's fir trees to build your boat. They also took cedar trees from Lebanon to create your masts.

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.

From special trees, they made your boat's sticks to push it through water. A group called Ashurites used fancy white bone from faraway lands to make your sitting place.

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.

Egyptian linen with decorations was your sail, and blue and purple colors from Elishah's islands covered you.

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

The people from Zidon and Arvad were your sailors: your smart people, dear Tyrus, who were in you, were your navigators.

The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.

The old leaders and smart people from a place called Gebal lived in you, on your ships. They took care of all the boats and sailors, working together to trade goods for you.

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.

The people from Persia, Lud, and Phut were part of your army, fighting for you. They decorated your armor with beauty and hung your shield and helmet on you.

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.

The people of Arvad and your soldiers surrounded your city walls. The Gammadims were inside your tower. They hung their shields on the walls. They made your city even more beautiful.

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.

Tarshish was your trading partner because they had many kinds of valuable things. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead at your markets.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They exchanged people and bronze boats in your marketplace.

They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.

The people from Togarmah's house exchanged goods at your fairs for horses, riders, and mules.

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.

The people from Dedan were your traders; they traveled to many islands to get things for you. They gave you gifts of ivory and dark wood.

Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

Syria traded with you because of the many things you made. They came to your markets with beautiful green stones, fancy clothes, soft fabrics, pretty red stones, and colorful rocks.

Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

Judah and Israel were your traders. They bought and sold goods at your market. They exchanged wheat from Minnith and Pannag, honey, oil, and fragrant resin.

Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

Damascus traded with you for many things you made, because you had so much wealth. They bought your wine from Helbon and your white wool.

Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

Dan and Javan traveled back and forth for your fairs. They bought things like shiny metal, a special plant called cassia, and another plant called calamus from your market.

Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

Dedan was the trader who sold you expensive clothing for your carriages.

Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.

Arabia and all the leaders of Kedar traded with you by selling sheep, including lambs, rams, and goats; these animals were their main products for trade.

The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

The merchants from Sheba and Raamah were your traders. They came to your markets with the best spices, valuable gems, and gold.

Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.

Haran, Canneh, and Eden, traders from Sheba, along with Assyria and Chilmad, were your traders.

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.

These were the traders who dealt in many items, including blue clothing, embroidered designs, and fancy chests filled with beautiful clothes, tied with ropes, and made from cedar wood, all part of your trade goods.

The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

The ships from Tarshish praised you at your marketplace. You became rich and very famous throughout the seas.

Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

Your oarsmen guided you to big waters, but the strong east wind broke you in the middle of the sea.

Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, 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.

Your wealth, fairs, and merchandise, sailors and pilots, shipbuilders and merchants, and all your armed forces within you and your entire company among you will fall into the sea on the day of your destruction.

The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.

The outskirts will tremble when they hear your pilots' screams.

And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;

All those who steer boats and ships, the sailors and sea captains, will leave their vessels and stand on the shore.

And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

They will complain about you loudly, cry sadly, and throw dirt on their heads. They will roll in the ashes.

And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

They will shave their heads completely for you and wear rough cloth, then they will cry sadly with deep sorrow and loud crying.

And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?

In their sadness, they will cry and mourn for you, asking, "Which city is like Tyre, completely destroyed in the middle of the sea?"

When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.

When your goods came from the sea, you gave many people what they needed; you made the kings on Earth very wealthy with all the things you had to sell.

In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

When you are destroyed by the sea deep underwater, your goods and everyone with you will also fail.

All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.

All island people will be amazed by you, and their kings will be very scared. They will look worried and upset.

The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.

The businesspeople will hiss at you; you will become a source of fear and no longer exist.