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EZEKIEL
27.29

Were thy rowers;
Thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee,
They were thy pilots.
9The elders of Gebal and the wise men thereof
Were in thee thy calkers;
All the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee
To exchange thy merchandise.
10Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army,
Thy men of war;
They hanged the shield and helmet in thee,
They set forth thy comeliness.

11The men of Arvad and Helech were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadim were in thy towers; they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have perfected thy beauty. 12Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for thy wares. 13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise. 14They of the house of Togarmah traded for thy wares with horses and horsemen and mules. 15The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand; they brought thee as tribute horns of ivory and ebony. 16Aram was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy wealth; they traded for thy wares with carbuncles, purple, and richly woven work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies. 17Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy traffickers; they traded for thy merchandise wheat of Minnith, and balsam, and honey, and oil, and balm. 18Damascus was thy merchant for the multitude of thy wealth, by reason of the multitude of all riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool. 19Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise. 20Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding. 21Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they thy merchants. 22The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy traffickers; they traded for thy wares with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. 23Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic. 24These were thy traffickers in gorgeous fabrics, in wrappings of blue and richly woven work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and cedar-lined, among thy merchandise. 25The ships of Tarshish brought thee tribute for thy merchandise;

So wast thou replenished, and made very heavy
In the heart of the seas.
26Thy rowers have brought thee
Into great waters;
The east wind hath broken thee
In the heart of the seas.
27Thy riches, and thy wares, thy merchandise,
Thy mariners, and thy pilots,
Thy calkers, and the exchangers of thy merchandise,
And all thy men of war, that are in thee,
With all thy company which is in the midst of thee,
Shall fall into the heart of the seas
In the day of thy ruin.
28At the sound of the cry of thy pilots
The waves shall shake.
29And all that handle the oar,
The mariners, and all the pilots of the sea,

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