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The Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 27, Verse 2

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The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
King James Version
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
American Standard Version
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
New English Translation
“You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.
World English Bible
You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
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And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, [which art] a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I [am] of perfect beauty.
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Thy borders [are] in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
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They have made all thy [ship] boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
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[Of] the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches [of] ivory, [brought] out of the isles of Chittim.
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Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
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The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise [men], O Tyrus, [that] were in thee, were thy pilots.
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The ancients 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 occupy thy merchandise.
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They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
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The men of Arvad with thine army [were] upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
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Tarshish [was] thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all [kind of] riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.