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They carved your oars
    from the oaks of Bashan.
Your deck of pine from the coasts of Cyprus[a]
    was inlaid with ivory.
Your sails were made of Egypt’s finest linen,
    and they flew as a banner above you.
You stood beneath blue and purple awnings
    made bright with dyes from the coasts of Elishah.
Your oarsmen came from Sidon and Arvad;
    your helmsmen were skilled men from Tyre itself.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:6 Hebrew Kittim.

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