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They used oak trees from Bashan
    to make your oars.
They used pine trees from Cyprus
    to make the cabin on your deck.[a]
    They decorated that shelter with ivory.
For your sail, they used colorful linen made in Egypt.
    That sail was your flag.
The coverings over your cabin were blue and purple.
    They came from the coast of Cyprus.[b]
Men from Sidon and Arvad rowed your boats for you.
    Tyre, your wise men were the pilots on your ships.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:6 deck The floor of a ship.
  2. Ezekiel 27:7 Cyprus Literally, “Elishah.” This might be the area near Enkomi, Cyprus, or it might be the Greek islands.

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