15. Islanders from Rhodes were your agents. By contract they procured ebony and ivory for you from many coastlands.
16. Aram was your agent for many products. They traded turquoise, purple cloth, colorful brocades, linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.
17. Judah and the land of Israel were your agents, trading the finest wheat, millet, honey, oil, and balm for your wares.
18. For many of your finished products, Damascus traded out of its great wealth the wine of Helbon and white wool.
19. Vedan and Javan from the region of Uzal traded with you. They exchanged wrought iron, cinnamon, and spices for your wares.
20. Dedan was your agent for saddle blankets.
21. Arabia and all the princes of Kedar traded for you. They procured lambs, rams, and goats for you.
22. They were your agents in Sheba and Raamah. For your wares they exchanged the finest spices, every kind of precious stone, and gold.
23. Haran, Canneh, and Eden were your agents, and also Assyria and Chilmad.
24. They procured fine finished goods for you, garments of purple and brocade, and plush carpets rolled up and securely tied with ropes, among your acquisitions.
25. The ships of Tarshish carried your goods.You were filled to capacity and heavily laden in the middle of the sea.
26. Your oarsmen brought you out onto the high seas;an east wind sank you into the sea’s depths.
27. Your goods, your wares, your wealth,your sailors, your helmsmen, those patching your leaks,your merchants, all your warriors in you,and all the company that is with you—they also sank into the sea’s depthon the day of your demise.
28. At your helmsmen’s cries for help,the troubled waters seethe.
29. Those entrusted with the oars desert their posts.All sailors and helmsmen seek footing on the shore.