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23 Haran, Canneh, Eden,[a] merchants from Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad did business with you, 24 trading garments made into the finest blue and embroidered mantels, and also multi-colored carpets, ropes, and other merchandise. 25 Ocean-going fleets[b] carried your merchandise.”

Tyre’s Coming Storm

“How filled you were!
    How glorious you were,
        at home in the heart of the sea!

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:23 These cities are thought to have been located in ancient Mesopotamia
  2. Ezekiel 27:25 Lit. Ships of Tarshish; i.e., a class of vessel capable of travelling the oceans

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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23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.

24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

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