Ezekiel 27

Thomson^{(i) 1} Then a word of the Lord came to me saying, ² Therefore, son of man, take up a lamentation for Sor ³ and thou shalt say to Sor, which is situate at the entrance of the sea, the mart of nations from many isles, thus saith the Lord to Sor, thou saidst, "I have clothed myself with beauty." ⁴ In the heart of the sea thy sons clothed thee with beauty for Beelim. ⁵ The cedars from Senir cut into planks have been built into ships for thee; they took cypresses from Lebanon to make for thee tapering masts: ⁶ from the groves of Bashan they made thy oars. Thy temples they built of ivory and thy roomy houses from the isles of the Chetians: ⁷ cotton with embroidery from Egypt was the covering of thy bed. To add to thy glory, and that thou mightest clothe thyself with blue and purple, thy clothing came from the isles of Elisa. ⁸ The inhabitants of Sidon were thy captains; and the Aradians were thy mariners; thine own wise men, Sor, who were in thee, were thy pilots. ⁹ The elders of Biblii, even their wise men who were in thee, invigorated thy counsel. And all the ships of the sea and all the mariners of the western world were in thy service. ¹⁰ Persians and Lydians and Libyans were in thine army. Thy warriors hung up in thee shields and helmets. They increased thy glory. ¹¹ The Aradians, the army on thy walls, were guards in thy towers; they hung up their quivers on thy shoulders round about. They made thy beauty perfect. ¹² The Karchadians purchased of thee for exportation, from thy vast stock of all kinds of merchandize; and paid thee for their purchases silver and gold and iron and tin and lead. ¹³ Hellas, even that whole country and those stretching beyond it, traded with thee in the souls of men and supplied thy market with vessels of brass. ¹⁴ From the house of Thogarma thy market was supplied with horses and horsemen. ¹⁵ The sons of the Rhodians were thy merchants: from the isles they plentifully supplied thy market with ivory; ¹⁶ and in exchange thou didst supply them with thy merchandise, with slaves a part of thy exports from thy vast stock of wares, with stacte and embroideries from Tharsis and Ramoth and Chorchor. ¹⁷ Juda also and the children of Israel traded with thee in the sale of wheat and myrrh and cassia; and for thy merchandises supplied thee chiefly with honey and oil and frankincense. ¹⁸ Damascus was thy customer for thine abundant wares of all kinds, they had wine from Chelbon, so they paid for their purchases with wool from Miletus and with wine. ¹⁹ From Asel thou wast supplied with manufactured iron, which was a part of thy merchandise by a circuitous trade. ²⁰ Daidan was a dealer with thee and supplied thee with choice cattle for carriages. ²¹ Arabia and all the chiefs of Kedar dealt with thee, and paid thee camels and lambs and rams for what they purchased of thee. ²² The merchants of Saba and Ramma traded with thee with the choicest spiceries and precious stones; they gave gold also for thy merchandise. ²³ Charra and Chana also were thy customers and so were Assur and Charman: ²⁴ they supplied thy market with blue cloth and choice merchandise bound up in bales. ²⁵ Fleets of cypress ships were employed in thy trade. So with this multitude and with thy merchandise thou wast filled and deeply laden in the heart of the sea. ²⁶ Into deep water thy mariners steered thee. In the midst of the sea the south wind hath wrecked thee. ²⁷ Thine armies, and the gains of thee and of thy factors, with thy mariners, and thy pilots, and thy counsellors, and thy factors and all thy warriors were on board of thee: and all this assemblage of thine which are in thee shall sink in the heart of the sea on the day of thy ruin. ²⁸ At the scream of thy voice thy pilots will be astounded. ²⁹ They who handle the oar and they on board ships will quit their vessels; and they who frequent the sea will stand on the land, ³⁰ and with their voice raise a mournful cry for thee, and scream bitterly and put earth on their heads and strew themselves with ashes, ³¹ [Omitted] ³² and their children will take up a lamentation for thee a peculiar song of Woe for Sor" ³³ what immense wealth didst thou acquire from the sea! with thine abundance thou didst fill nations; and with thy traffic enrich all the kings of the earth. ³⁴ Now thou art overwhelmed in the sea; in deep water, thy merchandise, with all thy crew in thee. All thy mariners are fallen. ³⁵ For thee all the inhabitants of the isles are in distress, and their kings are struck with amaze, and tears bedew their countenance. ³⁶ For thee the merchants of the nations express pity; thou art utterly destroyed and never to be any more."