1. Howl, ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, no house, no
entrance; from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. 2. Be
silent, O inhabitants of the isle, the merchants of Sidon crossing
the sea filled thee. 3. And in great waters (was) the seed of the
Nile; the harvest of the river (was) her revenue; and she was a mart
of nations. 5. When the report comes to Egypt, they are pained at the
report of Tyre. 6. Pass over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the
isle. 7. Is this your joyous city? From the days of old is her
antiquity; her feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
8. Who hath purposed this against Tyre the crowning (city), whose
merchants (are) princes, her traffickers the honoured of the earth?
9. Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to profane the elevation of all
beauty, to degrade all the honoured of the earth. 10. Pass through
thy land like the river; daughter of Tarshish, there is no girdle
(any) longer. 11. His hand He stretched out over the sea; He made
kingdoms tremble; Jehovah commanded respecting Canaan to destroy her
strongholds. 12. And He said, Thou shalt not continue to triumph,
violated virgin daughter of Zidon; to Chittim arise, pass over; there
also there shall be no rest to thee. 13. Behold the land of the
Chaldees; this people was not; Assyria founded it for dwellers in the
wilderness; they have set up his towers; they have roused up her
palaces; he has rendered it a ruin. 14. Howl, ships of Tarshish, for
destroyed is your stronghold.
15. And it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre shall be
forgotten seventy years, as the days of one king; from the end of
seventy years shall be to Tyre like the harlot's song.
16. Take a harp, go about the city, O forgotten harlot! play well,
sing much, that thou mayest be remembered. 17. And it shall be at the
end of seventy years, Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she shall return
with all the kingdoms of the earth upon the face of the ground.
18. And her gain and her hire shall be holiness to Jehovah; it shall
not be stored and it shall not be hoarded; for her gain shall be for
those who sit before Jehovah, to eat to satiety, and for substantial
clothing.