1Yahweh spoke to me and said,
2“Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre.
3Say to Tyre, the city with ports on the Mediterranean Sea, merchant city for many peoples and many islands:
“ ‘Lord Yahweh says to you:
Tyre, you have boasted:
“I am the most beautiful city in the world!”
4Your frontiers were on the high sea,
and those who built you
made you perfect in beauty.
5As if they were building a ship
they used cypress from Mount Hermon
for all your boards,
and a tall cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast to stand above you.
6They made your oars
from oaks of Bashan,
and made you a fine deck with pines
they took from the coasts of Cyprus,
and they decorated it with ivory.
7Your sails and banners were of colorful
embroidered linen from Egypt.
Your deck awnings were made from
the finest purple and scarlet cloth from Cyprus.
8Your oarsmen were rulers from the cities of Sidon and Arvad,
and your own seasoned men were your sailors.
9The elders and craftsmen of Byblos
were those who caulked your seams.
“ ‘Ships and sailors the world over came to trade with you.
10Your army was composed of warriors from Persia, Lud, and Libya. By hanging their weapons on your deck, they displayed your splendor.
11Soldiers from Arvad and Helech manned your walls all around. Brave warriors manned your watchtowers, hanging their shields all around your walls to make your beauty complete.’ ”
Tyre’s Former Influence12“ ‘The people of Tarshish traded with you because of your abundant resources of every kind. They imported your products and exported silver, iron, tin, and lead.
13The Greeks along with nations of Tubal and Meshech traded with you. They sold you slaves and metal utensils.
14The people of Beth Togarmah traded for your goods, your war horses and work horses and mules.
15The people of Rhodes traded with you; many coastal lands were your special customers and paid you in ivory tusks and ebony wood.
16Edom traded with you emeralds, purple cloth, embroidered work and fine linen, coral and rubies for your many fine manufactured goods.
17Judah and the land of Israel also paid for your goods with the finest millet, spices, honey, olive oil, and balm.
18Damascus traded with you, for quantities of your abundant resources of every kind, furnishing you with wine from Helbon and unbleached wool,
19casks of wine from Izalla, polished iron, cassia and calamus in exchange for your goods.
20Dedan traded with you in saddle blankets.
21Arabia and all the sheikhs of Kedar were your clients, selling sheep and goats to you.
22Businessmen of Sheba and Raamah traded with you the finest spices, precious stones, and gold.
23Haran, Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad were your trading partners.
24In your marketplace they sold you gorgeous embroidered clothing, purple cloaks, multi-colored carpets, and well-made cords for your merchandise.’ ”
Tyre, the Mistress of the Mediterranean25“ ‘Heavily loaded Spanish ships
carried your wares in the heart of the seas.
26Your oarsmen rowed you
out to the open sea.
Stormy east winds wrecked you
and sent you to the bottom of the sea.
27On the day of your shipwreck,
your riches, your goods, your cargo,
your seamen, your sailors,
your caulkers, your dealers,
all the warriors you carry,
and all the passengers who are aboard
will sink into the heart of the sea!
28When they hear the shouts of your drowning sailors,
the people on shore will tremble with fear.
29All the oarsmen will abandon ship;
the seamen and sailors will come ashore.
30They will wail aloud over you
and weep bitterly.
They will throw dust on their heads in mourning
and lie in ashes.
31They will shave their heads in sorrow for you
and dress themselves in sackcloth.
They will weep bitterly for you, Tyre,
with heartfelt sorrow over your fall.
32Grieving, they will chant a funeral song for you,
and wail with lament over you, saying:
“Who is like Tyre,
like a tower surrounded by the sea?”
33When you exported your goods
to satisfy so many peoples
with the abundance of your wealth and wares
you enriched the kings of the earth.
34Now you are broken to pieces by the waves;
you lie at the bottom of the sea.
Your cargo and all your crew
have foundered with you.
35Those who dwell on the coast and the islands
are stunned at your fate.
Horror is written on the faces of their kings,
and their hair stands on end.
36Your trading partners hiss at you in scorn,
for you have come to a dreadful end.
You are gone forever, never to return!’ ”
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