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and say to Tyre, who dwells at (A)the entrances to the sea, (B)merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:

“O Tyre, you have said,
    ‘I am (C)perfect in beauty.’

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Say to Tyre,(A) situated at the gateway to the sea,(B) merchant of peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘You say, Tyre,
    “I am perfect in beauty.(C)

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Of (A)oaks of Bashan
    they made your oars;
they made your deck of pines
    from (B)the coasts of Cyprus,
    inlaid with ivory.
(C)Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
    was your sail,
    serving as your banner;
blue and purple from (D)the coasts of Elishah
    was your awning.

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Of oaks(A) from Bashan
    they made your oars;
of cypress wood[a] from the coasts of Cyprus(B)
    they made your deck, adorned with ivory.
Fine embroidered linen(C) from Egypt was your sail
    and served as your banner;
your awnings were of blue and purple(D)
    from the coasts of Elishah.(E)

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Footnotes

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

15 The men of (A)Dedan[a] traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:15 Hebrew; Septuagint Rhodes

15 “‘The men of Rhodes[a](A) traded with you, and many coastlands(B) were your customers; they paid you with ivory(C) tusks and ebony.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:15 Septuagint; Hebrew Dedan