8. Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
9. The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
10. Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no girdle about thee any more.
11. He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: the Lord hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
12. And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Kittim; even there shalt thou have no rest.
13. Behold, the land of the Chaldeans; this people is no more; the Assyrian hath appointed it for the beasts of the wilderness: they set up their towers, they overthrew the palaces thereof; he made it a ruin.
14. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strong hold is laid waste.