1. The word of Adonai came to me saying:
2. “You, son of man, lift up a lament for Tyre.
3. Say to Tyre, dwelling at the entrance of the sea, the merchant to the people of many coastlands, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Tyre, you said: “I am perfect in beauty!’
4. Your borders are in the heart of the seas, your builders perfected your beauty.
5. All your planks have been fashioned from cypress trees of Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
6. They made your oars from Bashan’s oaks. Of boxwood from the islands of Kittim they made your decks, inlaid with ivory.
7. Fine Egyptian linen was your sail, serving as a banner for you. Your awning was blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah.
8. The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your skilled men, Tyre, were on you —they were your sailors.