9. The Lord of Armies planned thisin order to dishonor all arrogant peopleand to humiliate all the honored people of the world.
10. Travel through your country like the Nile, people of Tarshish.You no longer have a harbor.
11. The Lord has stretched his hand over the sea to shake kingdoms.He has commanded that Canaan’s fortifications be destroyed.
12. He says, “You will no longer be joyful,my dear abused people Sidon.”Get up, and travel to Cyprus.Even there you will find no rest.
13. Look at the land of the Babylonians.These people will be gone.Assyria gave this land to the desert animals.Assyria set up battle towers,stripped palaces bare,and turned these places into ruins.
14. Cry loudly, you ships of Tarshish, because your fortress will be destroyed.
15. When that day comes, Tyre will be forgotten for 70 years, the lifetime of one king. At the end of the 70 years, Tyre will be like the prostitute in this song:
16. “Take your lyre.Go around in the city, you forgotten prostitute.Make sweet music.Sing many songs so that you’ll be remembered.”
17. At the end of 70 years the Lord will come to help Tyre. Then she will go back to earning money as a prostitute. She will become a prostitute for all the world’s kingdoms.
18. Her profits and her earnings will be turned over to the Lord for his holy purpose. It won’t be stored or hoarded. Her merchandise will belong to those who live in the presence of the Lord so that they will have plenty of food and expensive clothing.