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    Ezekiel 27

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    Tyre is first praised as a city with its borders in the sea, then fitted out as a ship, and finally sunk with all hands aboard. It is a splendid bit of prophetic shipbuilding: cedar for a mast, ivory in the deck, embroidered linen for a sail—and an east wind waiting rather impatiently in the wings.

    A city dressed as a shipvv. 1–11

    The LORD tells Ezekiel to take up a lament for Tyre, the merchant at the gateway of the sea, who has said, “I am perfect in beauty.” Then Tyre becomes wonderfully, alarmingly nautical. Its builders use cypress from Senir, cedar from Lebanon, oaks from Bashan, and wood from Cyprus; Egypt supplies the sail, while blue and purple from Elishah make the awning. The men of Sidon and Arvad row, Tyre’s skilled men command, and the elders of Gebal repair the leaks. Persia, Lydia, and Put supply warriors, while Arvad, Helech, and Gammad guard the walls and towers. A city has been given a deck, oars, banners, guards, and a crew; it is almost enough to make civic pride set sail.

    The cargo of the worldvv. 12–25

    The merchants now come crowding in. Tarshish exchanges silver, iron, tin, and lead; Javan, Tubal, and Meshech bring slaves and bronze utensils; Dedan brings ivory and ebony. Aram brings turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies. Judah and Israel send wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm. Damascus sends wine from Helbon and wool from Zahar, along with iron, cassia, and sweet cane. Arabia, Kedar, Sheba, Raamah, Haran, Canneh, Eden, Asshur, and Chilmad all appear in the market, until the ships of Tarshish carry the merchandise away and Tyre is filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea. It is a catalogue with the appetite of a sea monster.

    The east windvv. 26–36

    Then the oarsmen bring Tyre onto the high seas, and the east wind shatters it in the heart of the sea. Wealth, wares, sailors, captains, shipwrights, merchants, warriors, and everyone else aboard go down together. The sailors abandon their ships and stand on the shore, crying out, throwing dust on their heads, rolling in ashes, shaving their heads, and wrapping themselves in sackcloth. Their lament asks who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea. The answer is not supplied by an explanation but by the wreck itself: the merchandise and the people have gone down, the coastlands are appalled, kings shudder, and the traders hiss at the horrible end.

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    1. Ezek 27:1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2. Ezek 27:2“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.

    3. Ezek 27:3Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

    4. Ezek 27:4Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.

    5. Ezek 27:5They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

    6. Ezek 27:6Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.

    7. Ezek 27:7Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.

    8. Ezek 27:8The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.

    9. Ezek 27:9The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.

    10. Ezek 27:10Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.

    11. Ezek 27:11Men of Arvad and Helech manned your walls all around, and the men of Gammad were in your towers. They hung their shields around your walls; they perfected your beauty.

    12. Ezek 27:12Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.

    13. Ezek 27:13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.

    14. Ezek 27:14The men of Beth-togarmah exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your wares.

    15. Ezek 27:15The men of Dedan were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.

    16. Ezek 27:16Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.

    17. Ezek 27:17Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.

    18. Ezek 27:18Because of your many products and your great wealth of goods, Damascus traded with you wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar,

    19. Ezek 27:19and casks of wine from Izal for your wares. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were exchanged for your merchandise.

    20. Ezek 27:20Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.

    21. Ezek 27:21Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.

    22. Ezek 27:22The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your wares they exchanged gold, the finest of all spices, and precious stones.

    23. Ezek 27:23Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.

    24. Ezek 27:24In your marketplace they traded with you fine garments of blue, embroidered work, and multicolored rugs with cords tightly twisted and knotted.

    25. Ezek 27:25The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.

    26. Ezek 27:26Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.

    27. Ezek 27:27Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.

    28. Ezek 27:28The countryside will shake when your sailors cry out.

    29. Ezek 27:29All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore.

    30. Ezek 27:30They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.

    31. Ezek 27:31They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.

    32. Ezek 27:32As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?

    33. Ezek 27:33When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.

    34. Ezek 27:34Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.

    35. Ezek 27:35All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.

    36. Ezek 27:36Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”

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    • 13Genesis 10:2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
    • 10Ezekiel 38:5Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,
    • 10Ezekiel 30:5Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
    • 21Isaiah 60:7All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
    • 3Ezekiel 27:4Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.
    • 5Deuteronomy 3:9which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—
    • 6Isaiah 2:13against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,
    • 6Genesis 10:4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
    • 8Genesis 10:18the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,
    • 91 Kings 5:18So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
    • 13Isaiah 66:19I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
    • 14Genesis 10:3The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
    • 14Ezekiel 38:6as well as Gomer with all its troops, and Beth-togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.
    • 17Judges 11:33With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
    • 22Genesis 10:7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
    • 232 Kings 19:12Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?

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