Ezekiel - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 573

EZEKIEL. 27-·»—14

‘I will make your city a. heap of ashes; like the cities that are unin- habitable, by bringing up the billows against you, and covering you with great seas, and will bring you down to the lowest depth, to the men of old, and you shall dwell beneath the earth with everlasting desolation, in the deepest pit,-—-—-for you shall never be inhabited; because I will not let iumcniuiiazt you dwell, or give you plunder in the land ofthe living! I will make you 21 a terror when you cease to exist, and when sought you shall not be ’ the Mtemzy Loan declares. The command ofthe Even Livme 27 cameagain to me to Say? ‘ You, yourself, also, Son of Adam-,

raise a lament over Tzuzi, and say to T zur, mhz: Ggut. ‘ You, who reside at the ports of the sea, Who trade with the Peoples of numerous isles, Thus says the Anmieurv jmzovau to Tzur, You boast—-—‘ I am perfect in beauty! Your bounds are the heart of the ocean, Your builders have finished your charms ! They built you with cypress from Senir, For your decks they used Lebanon cedar, And they took it to form your high masts, Bashan’s oak trees supplied you with oars, Your benches were ivory and box from Kithim, Your gay flag was fine linen of Egypt, Your sails were rich purple from Alishalfs Isles! ‘ Your sailors were peoples from Zidon and Arvad, Your Pilots were skilful ;—~‘they came, Tzur, from you; The skill and the science of Ghebel were yours, Constructing and building your ships for the sea, And their sailors were with you to go on your voyage. ‘ Fars, Lud, and Fut were your troops, Your soldiers with shield and with helm ; Which they hung in you, to add to your pride ! And as troops round your walls were the sons of Arvad, And brave fellows they were on your towers, Who hung up their shields round your walls, And perfected your charms! ‘ You traded with Tharshish for all kinds of wealth, For silver, for iron, for tin, and for lead ; They purchased your mercantile wares. javan, '{`hubal, and Meshek all traded with you, Giving bodies of men, and bronze goods for your stores. The House of Togramah with horses and chargers, And mules have all purchased your goods. IO I1 I2

poets and writers? __'l`he tint of woad is what

name of a region. Was it the British Isles, we now call our Navy Blue, and was the whose woad purpledyes were celebrated of colour of our National Flag of old, as it is iold, as we learn rom the Roman and Greek still.—-F. F.