1. This message came to me concerning Tyre:Wail, you trading ships of Tarshish,for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone!The rumors you heard in Cyprusare all true.
2. Mourn in silence, you people of the coastand you merchants of Sidon.Your traders crossed the sea,
3. sailing over deep waters.They brought you grain from Egyptand harvests from along the Nile.You were the marketplace of the world.
4. But now you are put to shame, city of Sidon,for Tyre, the fortress of the sea, says,“Now I am childless;I have no sons or daughters.”
5. When Egypt hears the news about Tyre,there will be great sorrow.
6. Send word now to Tarshish!Wail, you people who live in distant lands!
7. Is this silent ruin all that is left of your once joyous city?What a long history was yours!Think of all the colonists you sent to distant places.