“Son of man, there were two women who were daughters of the same mother.

The leaders ¹  of Sidon ²  and Arvad ³  were your rowers; your skilled ⁴  men, O Tyre, were your captains.

Their rims were high and awesome, ¹  and the rims of all four wheels were full of eyes all around.

You were blameless in your behavior ¹  from the day you were created, until sin was discovered in you.

Their legs were straight, but the soles of their feet were like calves’ feet. They gleamed ¹  like polished bronze.

Four tables were on each side of the gate, eight tables on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.

The Dedanites ¹  were your clients. Many coastlands were your customers; they paid ²  you with ivory tusks and ebony.

No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; ¹  you were thrown out into the open field ²  because you were detested on the day you were born.

There were closed windows toward the alcoves and toward their jambs within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. There were windows all around the inside, and on each jamb were decorative palm trees. ¹ 

The ships of Tarshish ¹  were the transports for your merchandise. “‘So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas.

In the four corners of the court were small ¹  courts, 70 feet ²  in length and 52½ feet ³  in width; the four were all the same size.

As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water; ¹  you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets. ² 

He made me walk all around among them. ¹  I realized ²  there were a great many bones in the valley and they were very dry.

You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians because your sexual desires were insatiable; you prostituted yourself with them and yet you were still not satisfied.

These were the living creatures ¹  which I saw at the Kebar River underneath the God of Israel; I knew that they were cherubim.

They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast. ¹ 

You were in Eden, the garden of God. ¹  Every precious stone was your covering, the ruby, topaz, and emerald, the chrysolite, onyx, and jasper, the sapphire, turquoise, and beryl; ²  your settings and mounts were made of gold. On the day you were created they were prepared.

As for their wheels, they were called “the wheelwork” ¹  as I listened.

There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.

For the chambers on the outer court were 87½ feet ¹  long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet ²  long.