16. “‘Edom did business with you because of all your goods. They traded for your products with agate, purple textiles, embroidered cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies.
17. “‘Judah and Israel did business with you. They traded for your products with premium wheat, millet, honey, oil, and balm.
18. “‘Damascus, attracted by your vast array of products and well-stocked warehouses, carried on business with you, trading in wine from Helbon and wool from Zahar.
19. “‘Danites and Greeks from Uzal traded with you, using wrought iron, cinnamon, and spices.
20. “‘Dedan traded with you for saddle blankets.
21. “‘Arabia and all the Bedouin sheiks of Kedar traded lambs, rams, and goats with you.
22. “‘Traders from Sheba and Raamah in South Arabia carried on business with you in premium spices, precious stones, and gold.
23-24. “‘Haran, Canneh, and Eden from the east in Assyria and Media traded with you, bringing elegant clothes, dyed textiles, and elaborate carpets to your bazaars.
25. “‘The great Tarshish ships were your freighters, importing and exporting. Oh, it was big business for you, trafficking the seaways!
26-32. “‘Your sailors row mightily,taking you into the high seas.Then a storm out of the eastshatters your ship in the ocean deep.Everything sinks—your rich goods and products,sailors and crew, ship’s carpenters and soldiers,Sink to the bottom of the sea.Total shipwreck.The cries of your sailorsreverberate on shore.Sailors everywhere abandon ship.Veteran seamen swim for dry land.They cry out in grief,a choir of bitter lament over you.They smear their faces with ashes,shave their heads,Wear rough burlap,wildly keening their loss.They raise their funeral song:“Who on the high seas is like Tyre!”
33-36. “‘As you crisscrossed the seas with your products,you satisfied many peoples.Your worldwide trademade earth’s kings rich.And now you’re battered to bits by the waves,sunk to the bottom of the sea,And everything you’ve bought and soldhas sunk to the bottom with you.Everyone on shore looks on in terror.The hair of kings stands on end,their faces drawn and haggard!The buyers and sellers of the worldthrow up their hands:This horror can’t happen!Oh, this has happened!’”