3 Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’ 4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty. 5 They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
Ezekiel 27:3–5
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Ezekiel 27:24–26
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Ezekiel 28:11–13
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Ezekiel 27:32–34
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Ezekiel 27:10–12
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