Bible Verses About Tyre: Its commerce

Silence, you who live on the coast, you who have been enriched by the merchants of Tzidon crossing the sea.

By the great water the grain of Shichor, the harvest of the Nile, brought you profits. She was marketplace for the nations.

say to Tzor, located at the gateways to the sea, merchant for peoples to many coastlands, that Adonai ELOHIM says: 'Tzor, you have said, "My beauty is perfect."

"'Tarshish did business with you because of the quantity and variety of your resources; they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead for your goods.

Greece, Tuval and Meshekh traded with you, exchanging slaves and articles of bronze for your wares.

The people of Togarmah traded for your merchandise with horses, horsemen and mules.

The men of D'dan traded with you. Many coastlands were your customers, giving you ivory tusks and ebony in payment.

Aram traded with you, because you were so wealthy; for your goods they exchanged green feldspar, purple stuff, embroidery, fine linen, coral and rubies.

Y'hudah and the land of Isra'el also traded with you, exchanging for your goods wheat from Minnit, millet, honey, olive oil and resin for healing.

Because you were so wealthy, with such a variety of valuable merchandise, Dammesek traded wine from Helbon and white wool with you.

V'dan and Yavan from Uzal traded ironwork, cassia and aromatic cane for your goods.

D'dan traded with you for riding gear.

Arabia and all the princes of K'dar were your customers; for your goods they traded lambs, rams and goats.

The traders of Sh'va and Ra'mah exchanged the best quality spices, all kinds of precious stones and gold for your goods.

The merchants of Haran, Kaneh and 'Eden, who traded also with Sh'va, Ashur and Kilmad,

brought you in exchange for your goods rich clothes, cloaks made of blue material and embroidery, and cedar-lined chests filled with multicolored clothing and bound with cords.

"Tarshish" ships transported your imports and exports. "'So you were full, loaded down, surrounded by the sea.