2. “Human, sing a funeral song for the city of Tyre.
3. Speak to Tyre, which has ports for the Mediterranean Sea and is a place for trade for the people of many lands along the seacoast. ‘This is what the Lord God says:Tyre, you have said,“I am like a beautiful ship.”
4. You were at home on the high seas.Your builders made your beauty perfect.
5. They made all your boardsof fir trees from Mount Hermon.They took a cedar tree from Lebanonto make a ship’s mast for you.
6. They made your oarsfrom oak trees from Bashan.They made your deckfrom cypress trees from the coast of Cyprusand set ivory into it.
7. Your sail of linen with designs sewed on it came from Egyptand became like a flag for you.Your cloth shades over the deck were blue and purpleand came from the island of Cyprus.
8. Men from Sidon and Arvad used oars to row you.Tyre, your skilled men were the sailors on your deck.
9. Workers of Byblos were with you,putting caulk in your ship’s seams.All the ships of the sea and their sailorscame alongside to trade with you.
18-19. “ ‘People of Damascus became traders for you because you have many good things and great wealth. They traded your goods for wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar, and barrels of wine from Izal. They received wrought iron, cassia, and sugar cane in payment for your good things.
20. “ ‘People of Dedan became merchants for you, trading saddle blankets for riding.
21. “ ‘People of Arabia and all the rulers of Kedar became traders for you. They received lambs, male sheep, and goats in payment for you.
22. “ ‘The merchants of Sheba and Raamah became merchants for you. They traded your goods for all the best spices, valuable gems, and gold.
23. “ ‘People of Haran, Canneh, Eden, and the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad became merchants for you.
24. They were paid with the best clothes, blue cloth, cloth with designs sewed on, carpets of many colors, and tightly wound ropes.
25. “ ‘Trading shipscarried the things you sold.You were like a ship full of heavy cargoin the middle of the sea.
26. The men who rowed youbrought you out into the high seas,but the east wind broke you to piecesin the middle of the sea.
27. Your wealth, your trade, your goods,your seamen, your sailors, your workers,your traders, your warriors,and everyone else on boardsank into the seaon the day your ship was wrecked.
28. The people on the shore shake with fearwhen your sailors cry out.
29. All the men who rowleave their ships;the seamen and the sailors of other shipsstand on the shore.