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25 The ships of Tarshish were employed
    as carriers for your wares.
Therefore, you were filled and heavily laden
    as you sailed the high seas.
26 Your oarsmen rowed through deep waters
    on their journey home.
But the east wind[a] wrecked you
    when you were far out at sea.
27 Your riches, your goods, your cargo,
    your sailors and your crew,
your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
    and all their warriors and passengers
sank into the depths of the sea
    on the day of your shipwreck.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:26 East wind: the Babylonians, who, like the wind, destroy every country and people.