1The burden of Tyre. Howl ye ships of Tarshish: for it is destroyed, so that there is none house: none shall come from the land of Kittim: it is revealed unto them.
2Be still, ye that dwell in the isles: the merchants of Sidon, and such as pass over the sea, have replenished thee.
3The seed of Nile growing by the abundance of waters, and the harvest of the river was her revenues, and she was a mart of the nations.
4Be ashamed, thou Sidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth children, neither nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.
5When the fame cometh to the Egyptians, they shall be sorry, concerning the rumor of Tyre.
6Go you over to Tarshish: howl, ye that dwell in the isles.
7Is not this that your glorious city? her antiquity is of ancient days: her own feet shall lead her afar off to be a sojourner.
8Who hath decreed this against Tyre (that crowneth men) whose merchants are princes? whose chapmen are the nobles of the world?
9The Lord of hosts hath decreed this, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring to contempt all them that be glorious in the earth.
10Pass through thy land like a flood to the daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
11He stretched out his hand upon the sea: he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment concerning the place of merchandise, to destroy the power thereof.
12And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice when thou art oppressed: O virgin daughter of Sidon: rise up, go out unto Kittim: yet there thou shalt have no rest.
13Behold the land of the Chaldeans: this was no people: Assyria founded it by the inhabitants of the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof: they raised the palaces thereof, and he brought it to ruin.
14Howl ye ships of Tarshish, for your strength is destroyed.
15And in that day shall Tyre be forgotten seventy years (according to the years of one King) at the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
16Take an harp and go about the city (thou harlot that hast been forgotten) make sweet melody, sing more songs that thou mayest be remembered.
17And at the end of seventy years shall the Lord visit Tyre, and she shall return to her wages, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the earth, that are in the world.
18Yet her occupying and her wages shall be holy unto the Lord: it shall not be laid up nor kept in store, but her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and to have durable clothing.