Ezekiel 27

New American Standard Bible

Grief over Tyre

27 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²“And you, son of man, ^(A)take up a song of mourning over Tyre; ³and say to Tyre, ^(B)who sits at the ^[a]entrance to the sea, ^(C)merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘This is what the Lord ^[b]God says:

“Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
⁴Your borders are in the heart of the seas;
Your builders have perfected your beauty.
⁵They have ^[c]made all your planks of juniper trees from ^(D)Senir;
They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
⁶Of ^(E)oaks from ^(F)Bashan they have made your rudders;
With ivory they have ^[d]inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of ^(G)Cyprus.
⁷Your sail was of colorfully embroidered linen from Egypt
So that it became your flag;
Your ^[e]awning was ^(H)violet and purple from the coastlands of ^(I)Elishah.
⁸The inhabitants of Sidon and ^(J)Arvad were your rowers;
Your ^(K)wise men, Tyre, were ^[f]aboard; they were your sailors.
⁹The elders of ^(L)Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your leaks;
All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise.

¹⁰“^(M)Persia, ^(N)Lud, and ^(O)Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung up shield and helmet on you; they presented your splendor. ¹¹The sons of Arvad and your army were on your walls, all around, and the ^[g]Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

¹²“Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your merchandise. ¹³^(P)Javan, ^(Q)Tubal, and ^(R)Meshech, they were your traders; with human ^(S)lives and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise. ¹⁴Those from ^(T)Beth-togarmah gave horses, war horses, and mules for your merchandise. ¹⁵The sons of ^(U)Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were ^[h]your market; they brought ^(V)ivory tusks and ebony as your payment. ¹⁶^(W)Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your ^[i]goods; they paid for your merchandise with ^[j]^(X)emeralds, purple, ^(Y)colorfully woven cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies. ¹⁷Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of ^(Z)Minnith, ^[k]cakes, honey, oil, and balsam they paid for your merchandise. ¹⁸^(AA)Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your ^[l]goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool. ¹⁹Vedan and Javan paid for your merchandise from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia, and spice reed were among your merchandise. ²⁰^(AB)Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹^(AC)Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were ^[m]your customers for ^(AD)lambs, rams, and goats; for these they were your customers. ²²The traders of ^(AE)Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your merchandise with the best of all ^(AF)balsam oil, and with all kinds of precious stones, and gold. ²³Haran, Canneh, ^(AG)Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you. ²⁴They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of violet and colorfully woven cloth, and in blankets of two colors, and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise. ²⁵The ^(AH)ships of Tarshish were ^[n]the carriers for your merchandise.

And you were filled and were very ^[o]glorious
In the heart of the seas.

²⁶“Your rowers have brought you
Into ^(AI)great waters;
The ^(AJ)east wind has broken you
In the heart of the seas.
²⁷Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise,
Your seamen and your sailors,
Your repairers of leaks, your dealers in merchandise,
And all your men of war who are in you,
With all your contingent that is in your midst,
Will fall into the heart of the seas
On the day of your overthrow.
²⁸At the sound of the cry of your sailors,
The pasture lands will ^(AK)shake.
²⁹All who handle the oar,
The ^(AL)seamen and all the sailors of the sea
Will come down from their ships;
They will stand on the land,
³⁰And they will ^(AM)make their voice heard over you
And cry out bitterly.
They will ^(AN)throw dust on their heads,
They will ^(AO)wallow in ashes.
³¹Also they will shave themselves ^(AP)bald for you
And ^(AQ)put on sackcloth;
And they will ^(AR)weep for you in bitterness of soul
With bitter mourning.
³²Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a ^(AS)song of mourning for you
And sing a song of mourning over you:
‘Who is like Tyre,
Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?
³³When your merchandise went out from the seas,
You satisfied many peoples;
With the ^(AT)abundance of your wealth and your merchandise
You enriched the kings of the earth.
³⁴^[p]Now that you are ^(AU)broken by the seas
In the depths of the waters,
Your ^(AV)merchandise and all your company
Have fallen in the midst of you.
³⁵All the ^(AW)inhabitants of the coastlands
Are appalled at you,
And their kings are horribly afraid;
They ^[q]have a troubled look.
³⁶The merchants among the peoples ^(AX)hiss at you;
You have become ^[r]terrified
And you ^(AY)will cease to be forever.’”’”

Footnotes

Ezekiel 27:3 Lit entrances
Ezekiel 27:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
Ezekiel 27:5 Lit built
Ezekiel 27:6 Lit made
Ezekiel 27:7 Lit covering
Ezekiel 27:8 Lit in you
Ezekiel 27:11 Or guardians
Ezekiel 27:15 Lit the market of your hand
Ezekiel 27:16 Lit works
Ezekiel 27:16 Uncertain, perhaps malachite
Ezekiel 27:17 Heb pannag
Ezekiel 27:18 Lit works
Ezekiel 27:21 Lit customers of your hand
Ezekiel 27:25 Lit your travelers
Ezekiel 27:25 Lit honored
Ezekiel 27:34 Lit The time
Ezekiel 27:35 Lit are troubled in face
Ezekiel 27:36 Lit terrors

Psalm 75-76

New American Standard Bible

God Humbles the Proud, but Exalts the Righteous.

For the music director; set to ^[a]Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.

75 We ^(A)give thanks to You, God, we give thanks,
For Your name is ^(B)near;
People declare ^(C)Your wondrous works.
²“When I select an ^(D)appointed time,
It is I who ^(E)judge fairly.
³The ^(F)earth and all who inhabit it ^[b]are unsteady;
It is I who have firmly set its ^(G)pillars. Selah
⁴I said to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
And to the wicked, ‘^(H)Do not lift up the horn;
⁵Do not lift up your horn on high,
^(I)Do not speak with insolent ^[c]pride.’”

⁶For not from the east, nor from the west,
Nor from the ^[d]^(J)desert comes exaltation;
⁷But ^(K)God is the Judge;
He ^(L)puts down one and exalts another.
⁸For a ^(M)cup is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams;
It is ^[e]^(N)well mixed, and He pours out of this;
Certainly all the wicked of the earth must drain and ^(O)drink its dregs.

⁹But as for me, I will ^(P)declare it forever;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
¹⁰And ^[f]He will cut off all the ^(Q)horns of the wicked,
But ^(R)the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.

The Victorious Power of the God of Jacob.

For the music director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.

76 God is ^(S)known in Judah;
His name is ^(T)great in Israel.
²His ^[g]^(U)tabernacle is in ^(V)Salem;
His ^(W)dwelling place also is in Zion.
³There He ^(X)broke the ^[h]flaming arrows,
The shield, the sword, and the ^[i]weapons of war. Selah

⁴You are resplendent,
^[j]More majestic than the mountains of prey.
⁵The ^(Y)stouthearted were plundered,
^[k]They sank into sleep;
And none of the ^[l]warriors could use his hands.
⁶At Your ^(Z)rebuke, God of Jacob,
Both ^[m]^(AA)rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.
⁷You, You indeed are ^(AB)to be feared,
And ^(AC)who may stand in Your presence, ^[n]once You are angry?

⁸You caused judgment to be heard from heaven;
The earth ^(AD)feared and was still
⁹When God ^(AE)arose to judgment,
To save all the humble of the earth. Selah
¹⁰For the ^[o]^(AF)wrath of mankind shall praise You;
You will encircle Yourself with a remnant of wrath.

¹¹^(AG)Make vows to the Lord your God and ^(AH)fulfill them;
All who are around Him are to ^(AI)bring gifts to Him who is to be feared.
¹²He will cut off the spirit of princes;
He is ^[p]^(AJ)feared by the kings of the earth.