11. Soldiers from Arvad guarded your walls, and men from Gamad guarded your towers. They hung their shields on your walls. They are the men who made you beautiful.
12. “You did business in Spain and took silver, iron, tin, and lead in payment for your abundant goods.
13. You did business in Greece, Tubal, and Meshech and traded your goods for slaves and for articles of bronze.
14. You sold your goods for draught horses, war horses, and mules from Beth Togarmah.
15. The people of Rhodes traded with you; people of many coastal lands gave you ivory and ebony in exchange for your goods.
16. The people of Syria bought your merchandise and your many products. They gave emeralds, purple cloth, embroidery, fine linen, coral, and rubies in payment for your wares.
17. Judah and Israel paid for your goods with wheat, honey, olive oil, and spices.
18-19. The people of Damascus bought your merchandise and your products, paying for them with wine from Helbon and wool from Sahar. They exchanged wrought iron and spices for your goods.
20. The people of Dedan exchanged saddlecloths for your goods.
21. The Arabians and the rulers of the land of Kedar paid for your merchandise with lambs, sheep, and goats.
22. For your goods the merchants of Sheba and Raamah exchanged jewels, gold, and the finest spices.
23. The cities of Haran, Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, the cities of Asshur and Chilmad — they all traded with you.
24. They sold you luxurious clothing, purple cloth, and embroidery, brightly coloured carpets, and well-made cords and ropes.
25. Your merchandise was carried in fleets of the largest cargo ships.“You were like a ship at seaLoaded with heavy cargo.
26. When your oarsmen brought you out to sea,An east wind wrecked you far from land.
27. All your wealth of merchandise,All the sailors in your crew,Your ship's carpenters and your merchants,Every soldier on board the ship —All, all were lost at seaWhen your ship was wrecked.