{"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/kjv/ezekiel/27","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-28T05:36:15.667Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Ezekiel","bookSlug":"ezekiel","chapter":27,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":26,"nextChapter":28,"totalChapters":48,"totalVerses":36},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, <i>which art</i> a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I <i>am</i> of perfect beauty."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thy borders <i>are</i> in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They have made all thy <i>ship</i> boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"<i>Of</i> the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches <i>of</i> ivory, <i>brought</i> out of the isles of Chittim."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise <i>men</i>, O Tyrus, <i>that</i> were in thee, were thy pilots."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The ancients of Gebal and the wise <i>men</i> thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The men of Arvad with thine army <i>were</i> upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Tarshish <i>was</i> thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all <i>kind of</i> riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they <i>were</i> thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The men of Dedan <i>were</i> thy merchants; many isles <i>were</i> the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee <i>for</i> a present horns of ivory and ebony."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Syria <i>was</i> thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Judah, and the land of Israel, they <i>were</i> thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Damascus <i>was</i> thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Dedan <i>was</i> thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these <i>were they</i> thy merchants."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they <i>were</i> thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, <i>and</i> Chilmad, <i>were</i> thy merchants."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"These <i>were</i> thy merchants in all sorts <i>of things</i>, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that <i>are</i> in thee, and in all thy company which <i>is</i> in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And all that handle the oar, the mariners, <i>and</i> all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart <i>and</i> bitter wailing."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, <i>saying</i>, What <i>city is</i> like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"In the time <i>when</i> thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in <i>their</i> countenance."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never <i>shalt be</i> any more."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ezekiel 27 (KJV)","markdown":"[Ezekiel 27](https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/27)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/27 (accessed 2026-05-28)."}}