4. Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have not travailed, nor given birth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.”
5. When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre.
6. Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!
7. Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her far away to travel?
8. Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honourable of the earth?
9. The Lord of Hosts has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
10. Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.
11. He has stretched out his hand over the sea. He has shaken the kingdoms. The Lord has ordered the destruction of Canaan’s strongholds.
12. He said, “You shall rejoice no more, you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Kittim. Even there you will have no rest.”
13. Behold, the land of the Kasdim. This people was not. The Assyrians founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness. They set up their towers. They overthrew its palaces. They made it a ruin.
14. Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!