Of oaks from Bashan
    they made your oars;
of cypress wood[a] from the coasts of Cyprus
    they made your deck, adorned with ivory.
Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail
    and served as your banner;
your awnings were of blue and purple
    from the coasts of Elishah.
Men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen;
    your skilled men, Tyre, were aboard as your sailors.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:6 Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.