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Of the oaks of Bashan they have made your oars; they have made your deck and benches of boxwood from the coasts of Cyprus, inlaid with ivory.

Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be an ensign for you; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [of Asia Minor] was the [ship’s] awning which covered you.

The inhabitants of Sidon and [the island] of Arvad were your oarsmen; your skilled and wise men, O Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots.

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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)
Men of Sidon and Arvad(F) were your oarsmen;
    your skilled men, Tyre, were aboard as your sailors.(G)

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Footnotes

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