17. Judah and Israel paid for your goods with wheat, honey, olive oil, and spices.
18-19. The people of Damascus bought your merchandise and your products, paying for them with wine from Helbon and wool from Sahar. They exchanged wrought iron and spices for your goods.
20. The people of Dedan exchanged saddlecloths for your goods.
21. The Arabians and the rulers of the land of Kedar paid for your merchandise with lambs, sheep, and goats.
22. For your goods the merchants of Sheba and Raamah exchanged jewels, gold, and the finest spices.
23. The cities of Haran, Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, the cities of Asshur and Chilmad — they all traded with you.
24. They sold you luxurious clothing, purple cloth, and embroidery, brightly coloured carpets, and well-made cords and ropes.
25. Your merchandise was carried in fleets of the largest cargo ships.“You were like a ship at seaLoaded with heavy cargo.
26. When your oarsmen brought you out to sea,An east wind wrecked you far from land.
27. All your wealth of merchandise,All the sailors in your crew,Your ship's carpenters and your merchants,Every soldier on board the ship —All, all were lost at seaWhen your ship was wrecked.
28. The shouts of the drowning sailorsEchoed on the shore.
29. “Every ship is now deserted,And every sailor has gone ashore.
30. They all mourn bitterly for you,Throwing dust on their heads and rolling in ashes.