{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/ezekiel/27","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T18:29:22.254Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Ezekiel","bookSlug":"ezekiel","chapter":27,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":26,"nextChapter":28,"totalChapters":48,"totalVerses":36},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Thou therefore, O son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre: "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And say to Tyre that dwelleth at the entry of the sea, being the mart of the people for many islands: Thus saith the Lord God: O Tyre, thou hast said: I am of perfect beauty, "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And situate in the heart of the sea. Thy neighbours, that built thee, have perfected thy beauty: "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"With fir trees of Sanir they have built thee with all sea planks: they have taken cedars from Libanus to make thee masts. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They have cut thy oars out of the oaks of Basan: and they have made thee benches of Indian ivory and cabins with things brought from the islands of Italy. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Fine broidered linen from Egypt was woven for thy sail, to be spread on thy mast: blue and purple from the islands of Elisa, were made thy covering. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The inhabitants of Sidon, and the Arabians were thy rowers : thy wise men, O Tyre, were thy pilots. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The ancients of Gebal, and the wise men thereof furnished mariners for the service of thy various furniture: all the ships of the sea, and their mariners were thy factors. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The Persians, and Lydians, and the Libyans were thy soldiers in thy army: they hung up the buckler and the helmet in thee for thy ornament. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The men of Arad were with thy army upon thy walls round about: the Pygmeans also that were in thy towers, hung up their quivers on thy walls round about: they perfected thy beauty. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The Carthaginians thy merchants supplied thy fairs with a multitude of all kinds of riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Greece, Thubal, and Mosoch, they were thy merchants: they brought to thy people slaves and vessels of brass. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"From the house of Thogorma they brought horses, and horsemen, and mules to thy market. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The men of Dedan were thy merchants: many islands were the traffic of thy hand, they exchanged for thy price teeth of ivory and ebony. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The Syrian was thy merchant: by reason of the multitude of thy works, they set forth precious stones, and purple, and broidered works, and fine linen, and silk, and chodchod in thy market. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Juda and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants with the best corn: they set forth balm, and honey, and oil, and rosin in thy fairs. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"The men of Damascus were thy merchants in the multitude of thy works, in the multitude of divers riches, in rich wine, in wool of the best colour. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Dan, and Greece, and Mosel have set forth in thy marts wrought iron: stacte, and calamus were in thy market. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The men of Dedan were thy merchants in tapestry for seats. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Arabia, and all the princes of Cedar, they were the merchants of thy hand: thy merchants came to thee with lambs, and rants, and kids. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The sellers of Saba, and Reema, they were thy merchants: with all the best spices, and precious stones, and gold, which they set forth in thy market. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Haran, and Chene, and Eden were thy merchants; Saba, Assur, and Chelmad sold to thee. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"They were thy merchants in divers manners, with bales of blue cloth, and of embroidered work, and of precious riches, which were wrapped up and bound with cords: they had cedars also in thy merchandise. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The ships of the sea, were thy chief in thy merchandise : and thou wast replenished, and glorified exceedingly in the heart of the sea. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the south wind hath broken thee in the heart of the sea. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Thy riches, and thy treasures, and thy manifold furniture, thy mariners, and thy pilots, who kept thy goods, and were chief over thy people: thy men of war also, that were in thee, with all thy multitude that is in the midst of thee: shall fall in the heart of the sea in the day of thy ruin. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Thy fleets shall be troubled at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And all that handled the oar shall come down from their ships: the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea shall stand upon the land: "},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And they shall mourn over thee with a loud voice, and shall cry bitterly: and they shall cast up dust upon their heads, and shall be sprinkled with ashes. "},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And they shall shave themselves bald for thee, and shall be girded with haircloth: and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of soul, with most bitter weeping. "},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"And they shall take up a mournful song for thee, and snail lament thee: What city is like Tyre, which is become silent in the midst of the sea? "},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Which by thy merchandise that went from thee by sea didst fill many people: which by the multitude of thy riches, and of thy people didst enrich the kings of the earth. "},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Now thou art destroyed by the sea, thy riches are in the bottom of the waters, and all the multitude that was in the midst of thee is fallen. "},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"All the inhabitants of the islands are astonished at thee: and all their kings being struck with the storm have changed their countenance. "},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"The merchants of people have hissed at thee: thou art brought to nothing, and thou shalt never be any more. 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