1: GOD's Message came to me:
2: "You, son of man, raise a funeral song over Tyre.
3: Tell Tyre, gateway to the sea, merchant to the world, trader among the far-off islands, "This is what GOD, the Master, says: You boast, Tyre: "I'm the perfect ship--stately, handsome."
4: You ruled the high seas from a real beauty, crafted to perfection.
5: Your planking came from Mount Hermon junipers. A Lebanon cedar supplied your mast.
6: They made your oars from sturdy Bashan oaks. Cypress from Cyprus inlaid with ivory was used for the decks.
7: Your sail and flag were of colorful embroidered linen from Egypt. Your purple deck awnings also came from Cyprus.
8: Men of Sidon and Arvad pulled the oars. Your seasoned seamen, O Tyre, were the crew.
9: Ship's carpenters were old salts from Byblos. All the ships of the sea and their sailors clustered around you to barter for your goods.
10: Your army was composed of soldiers from Paras, Lud, and Put, Elite troops in uniformed splendor. They put you on the map!
11: Your city police were imported from Arvad, Helech, and Gammad. They hung their shields from the city walls, a final, perfect touch to your beauty.
12: Tarshish carried on business with you because of your great wealth. They worked for you, trading in silver, iron, tin, and lead for your products.
13: Greece, Tubal, and Meshech did business with you, trading slaves and bronze for your products.
14: Beth-togarmah traded work horses, war horses, and mules for your products.
15: The people of Rhodes did business with you. Many far-off islands traded with you in ivory and ebony.
16: Edom did business with you because of all your goods. They traded for your products with agate, purple textiles, embroidered cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies.
17: Judah and Israel did business with you. They traded for your products with premium wheat, millet, honey, oil, and balm.
18: Damascus, attracted by your vast array of products and well-stocked warehouses, carried on business with you, trading in wine from Helbon and wool from Zahar.
19: Danites and Greeks from Uzal traded with you, using wrought iron, cinnamon, and spices.
20: Dedan traded with you for saddle blankets.
21: Arabia and all the Bedouin sheiks of Kedar traded lambs, rams, and goats with you.
22: Traders from Sheba and Raamah in South Arabia carried on business with you in premium spices, precious stones, and gold.
23: Haran, Canneh, and Eden from the east in Assyria and Media traded with you,
24: bringing elegant clothes, dyed textiles, and elaborate carpets to your bazaars.
25: The great Tarshish ships were your freighters, importing and exporting. Oh, it was big business for you, trafficking the seaways!
26: Your sailors row mightily, taking you into the high seas. Then a storm out of the east shatters your ship in the ocean deep.
27: Everything sinks--your rich goods and products, sailors and crew, ship's carpenters and soldiers, Sink to the bottom of the sea. Total shipwreck.
28: The cries of your sailors reverberate on shore.
29: Sailors everywhere abandon ship. Veteran seamen swim for dry land.
30: They cry out in grief, a choir of bitter lament over you. They smear their faces with ashes,
31: shave their heads, Wear rough burlap, wildly keening their loss.
32: They raise their funeral song: "Who on the high seas is like Tyre!"
33: As you crisscrossed the seas with your products, you satisfied many peoples. Your worldwide trade made earth's kings rich.
34: And now you're battered to bits by the waves, sunk to the bottom of the sea, And everything you've bought and sold has sunk to the bottom with you.
35: Everyone on shore looks on in terror. The hair of kings stands on end, their faces drawn and haggard!
36: The buyers and sellers of the world throw up their hands: This horror can't happen! Oh, this has happened!'"