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Your sailors were conscripted
    from Sidon and Arvad,
and your officers served aboard
    as pilots.
The wise men and elders from Gebal accompanied you,
    serving as ship’s carpenters.
All the maritime navies and their seaman also accompanied you
    to assist you in doing business internationally.”

Tyre’s International Makeup

10 “Soldiers from Persia,[a] Lud,[b] and Libya,[c]
    served in your army.
        They were your mighty soldiers.
Their helmets and shields adorned your barracks walls,
    and they won battle decorations for you.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:10 I.e. modern Iran
  2. Ezekiel 27:10 I.e., fourth son of Shem, progenitor of the Lydians. The Heb. name Lud means strife.
  3. Ezekiel 27:10 Lit. Put; i.e. the third son of Ham (cf. Gen 10:6); the Heb. name means bow