New King James Version

Ezekiel 27:13-29 New King James Version (NKJV)

13. Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They bartered human lives and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.

14. Those from the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses, steeds, and mules.

15. The men of Dedan were your traders; many isles were the market of your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment.

16. Syria was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. They gave you for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies.

17. Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and balm.

18. Damascus was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made, because of your many luxury items, with the wine of Helbon and with white wool.

19. Dan and Javan paid for your wares, traversing back and forth. Wrought iron, cassia, and cane were among your merchandise.

20. Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.

21. Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your regular merchants. They traded with you in lambs, rams, and goats.

22. The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold.

23. Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants.

24. These were your merchants in choice items—in purple clothes, in embroidered garments, in chests of multicolored apparel, in sturdy woven cords, which were in your marketplace.

25. “The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise.You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas.

26. Your oarsmen brought you into many waters,But the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas.

27. “Your riches, wares, and merchandise,Your mariners and pilots,Your caulkers and merchandisers,All your men of war who are in you,And the entire company which is in your midst,Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin.

28. The common-land will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.

29. “All who handle the oar,The mariners,All the pilots of the seaWill come down from their ships and stand on the shore.