1. The message about Tyre:You ships of Tarshish, cry!The houses and harbor of Tyre are destroyed.This news came to the shipsfrom the land of Cyprus.
2. Be silent, you who live on the island of Tyre.You merchants of Sidon, be silent.Seamen have made you rich.
3. They traveled the sea to bring grain from Egypt.The men of Tyre brought grain from the Nile Valleyand sold it to other nations.
4. Sidon, be ashamed.Strong city of the sea, be ashamed. The sea says:“I have not felt the pain of giving birth.I have not reared young men or women.”
5. Egypt will hear the news about Tyre.And it will make Egypt hurt with sorrow.