027:010 Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war:
they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set
forth your comeliness.
027:011 The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls round about,
and valorous men were in your towers; they hanged their shields
on your walls round about; they have perfected your beauty.
027:012 Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude
of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead,
they traded for your wares.
027:013 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traffickers;
they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass
for your merchandise.
027:014 They of the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses
and war horses and mules.
027:015 The men of Dedan were your traffickers; many islands were
the market of your hand: they brought you in exchange horns
of ivory and ebony.
027:016 Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of
your handiworks: they traded for your wares with emeralds, purple,
and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
027:017 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were your traffickers:
they traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, and confections,
and honey, and oil, and balm.
027:018 Damascus was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks,
by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine
of Helbon, and white wool.
027:019 Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for your wares:
bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were among your merchandise.
027:020 Dedan was your trafficker in precious cloths for riding.
027:021 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants
of your hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were
they your merchants.
027:022 The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were your traffickers;
they traded for your wares with the chief of all spices,
and with all precious stones, and gold.
027:023 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur
[and] Chilmad, were your traffickers.
027:024 These were your traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings
of blue and embroidered work, and in chests of rich clothing,
bound with cords and made of cedar, among your merchandise.
027:025 The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise:
and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the heart
of the seas.
027:026 Your rowers have brought you into great waters:
the east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.
027:027 Your riches, and your wares, your merchandise, your mariners,
and your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, and the dealers
in your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you,
with all your company which is in the midst of you, shall fall
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