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23 You also did business with merchants from the cities of Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, 24 and they gave you expensive clothing, purple and embroidered cloth, brightly colored rugs, and strong rope. 25 (A) Large, seagoing ships[a] carried your goods wherever they needed to go.

You were like a ship
loaded with heavy cargo

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Footnotes

  1. 27.25 Large, seagoing ships: The Hebrew text has “Ships of Tarshish,” which may have been a Phoenician city in Spain. “Ships of Tarshish” probably means large, seagoing ships.

23 “‘Harran,(A) Kanneh and Eden(B) and merchants of Sheba, Ashur(C) and Kilmad traded with you. 24 In your marketplace they traded with you beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered work and multicolored rugs with cords twisted and tightly knotted.

25 “‘The ships of Tarshish(D) serve
    as carriers for your wares.
You are filled with heavy cargo
    as you sail the sea.(E)

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