25. The ships of Tarshish carried your goods.You were filled to capacity and heavily laden in the middle of the sea.
26. Your oarsmen brought you out onto the high seas;an east wind sank you into the sea’s depths.
27. Your goods, your wares, your wealth,your sailors, your helmsmen, those patching your leaks,your merchants, all your warriors in you,and all the company that is with you—they also sank into the sea’s depthon the day of your demise.
28. At your helmsmen’s cries for help,the troubled waters seethe.
29. Those entrusted with the oars desert their posts.All sailors and helmsmen seek footing on the shore.
30. Loudly they cry,bitterly they wail,and they put dust on their headsand cover themselves with ashes.
31. They cut off all their hairand put on mourning clothes.In despair they weep for you,and bitterly perform the mourning rites.