[1] The word about Tyre. Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish,
because your strong place is made waste; on the way back from the land of
Kittim the news is given to them. [2] Send out a cry of grief, you men of
the sea-land, traders of Zidon, who go over the sea, whose representatives
are on great waters; [3] Who get in the seed of Shihor, whose wealth is the
trade of the nations. [4] Be shamed, O Zidon: for the sea, the strong place
of the sea has said, I have not been with child, or given birth; I have not
taken care of young men, or kept watch over the growth of virgins. [5] When
the news comes to Egypt they will be bitterly pained at the fate of Tyre.
[6] Go over to Tarshish; give cries of sorrow, O men of the sea-land. [7]
Is this the town which was full of joy, whose start goes back to times long
past, whose wanderings took her into far-off countries? [8] By whom was
this purposed against Tyre, the crowning town, whose traders are chiefs,
whose business men are honoured in the land? [9] It was the purpose of the
Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those
who are honoured in the earth. [10] Let your land be worked with the
plough, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer any harbour. [11] His
hand is stretched out over the sea, the kingdoms are shaking: the Lord has
given orders about Canaan, to make waste its strong places. [12] And he
said, There is no more joy for you, O crushed virgin daughter of Zidon: up!
go over to Kittim; even there you will have no rest. [13] ... [14] Let a
cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish: because your strong place is made
waste. [15] And it will be in that day that Tyre will go out of mind for
seventy years, that is, the days of one king: after the end of seventy
years it will be for Tyre as in the song of the loose woman. [16] Take an
instrument of music, go about the town, O loose woman who has gone out from
the memory of man; make sweet melody with songs, so that you may come back
to men's minds. [17] And it will be after the end of seventy years, that
the Lord will have mercy on Tyre, and she will go back to her trade, acting
as a loose woman with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the
earth. [18] And her goods and her trade will be holy to the Lord: they will
not be kept back or stored up; for her produce will be for those living in
the Lord's land, to give them food for their needs, and fair clothing.
