8. Who was it that planned to bring all this on Tyre, that imperial city, whose merchant princes were the most honoured men on earth?
9. The Lord Almighty planned it. He planned it in order to put an end to their pride in what they had done and to humiliate their honoured ones.
10. Go and farm the land, you people in the colonies in Spain! There is no one to protect you any more.
11. The Lord has stretched out his hand over the sea and overthrown kingdoms. He has ordered the Phoenician centres of commerce to be destroyed.
12. City of Sidon, your happiness has ended, and your people are oppressed. Even if they escape to Cyprus, they will still not be safe.