Catholic Public Domain Version

Ezekiel 27:6-15 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

6. They have formed your oars from the oaks of Bashan. And they have made your crossbeams from Indian ivory, and the pilothouse is from the islands of Italy.

7. Colorful fine linen from Egypt was woven for you as a sail to be placed upon the mast; hyacinth and purple from the islands of Elishah were made into your covering.

8. The inhabitants of Sidon and of Arwad were your rowers. Your wise ones, O Tyre, were your navigators.

9. The elders of Gebal and its experts were considered as sailors making use of your diverse equipment. All the ships of the sea and their sailors were your merchants among the people.

10. The Persians, and the Lydians, and the Libyans were your men of war in your army. They suspended shield and helmet within you for your adornment.

11. The sons of Arwad were with your army upon your walls all around. And even the Gammadim, who were in your towers, suspended their quivers on your walls on all sides; they completed your beauty.

12. The Carthaginians, your merchants, supplied your festivals with a multitude of diverse riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead.

13. Greece, Tubal, and Meshech, these were your peddlers; they traveled to your people with slaves and with brass vessels.

14. From the house of Togarmah, they brought horses, and horsemen, and mules to your market.

15. The sons of Dedan were your merchants. The many islands were the marketplace of your hand. They traded teeth of ivory and of ebony for your price.