1. The Lord’s word came to me:
2. You, human one, sing a lament for Tyre.
3. Say this about Tyre, who sits enthroned at the entrance to the sea, the people’s agent for trade throughout the coastlands. The Lord God proclaims:Tyre, you say,"I’m perfectly beautiful!"
4. But your territory is in the depths of the sea,and it’s your builders who made you beautiful.
5. For you they made your deck of cypress from Senir.To make your mast, they took cedar from Lebanon.
6. For your oars, they used the oaks of Bashan.They made your hull, inlaid with ivory, of boxwood from the coasts of Cyprus.
7. Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail;it became your emblem.Your awning was made of blue and purple cloth from the coasts of Elishah.
8. The princes of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your own wise men were in you as your helmsmen.
9. The elders and wise men of Gebal were in you, patching up your leaks. Every seagoing ship and its sailors came to do business with you.