3 Speak to Tyre, which has ports for the Mediterranean Sea and is a place for trade for the people of many lands along the seacoast. ‘This is what the Lord God says:Tyre, you have said,“I am like a beautiful ship.”
4 You were at home on the high seas.Your builders made your beauty perfect.
5 They made all your boardsof fir trees from Mount Hermon.They took a cedar tree from Lebanonto make a ship’s mast for you.
6 They made your oarsfrom oak trees from Bashan.They made your deckfrom cypress trees from the coast of Cyprusand set ivory into it.
7 Your sail of linen with designs sewed on it came from Egyptand became like a flag for you.Your cloth shades over the deck were blue and purpleand came from the island of Cyprus.
8 Men from Sidon and Arvad used oars to row you.Tyre, your skilled men were the sailors on your deck.
9 Workers of Byblos were with you,putting caulk in your ship’s seams.All the ships of the sea and their sailorscame alongside to trade with you.