Study Desk

"Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your merchandise.

"Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traders; with human lives and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.

"Those from Beth-togarmah gave horses, war horses, and mules for your merchandise.

"Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods; they paid for your merchandise with emeralds, purple, colorfully woven cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies.

"Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of Minnith, cakes, honey, oil, and balsam they paid for your merchandise.

"Vedan and Javan paid for your merchandise from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia, and spice reed were among your merchandise.

"Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.

"Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were your customers for lambs, rams, and goats; for these they were your customers.

"The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your merchandise with the best of all balsam oil, and with all kinds of precious stones, and gold.

"The ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your merchandise. And you were filled and were very glorious In the heart of the seas.

"Also they will shave themselves bald for you And put on sackcloth; And they will weep for you in bitterness of soul With bitter mourning.

"Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a 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?

Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you!

"By your wisdom and understanding You have acquired riches for yourself And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

'You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!' declares the Lord GOD!"'"

"For I will send a plague to her And blood to her streets, And the wounded will fall in her midst By the sword upon her on every side; Then they will know that I am the LORD.

"And there will no longer be for the house of Israel a painful thorn or a hurtful thorn bush from any surrounding them who despised them; then they will know that I am the Lord GOD."

"I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your canals; You will fall on the open field; you will not be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

"A human foot will not pass through it, nor will the foot of an animal pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.

"So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of deserted lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate for forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands."