Dual Panel1Here is a message <04853> about Tyre <06865>: Wail <03213>, you large ships <08659>, ships <0591>, for <03588> the port <01004> is too devastated <07703> to enter <0935>! From the land <0776> of Cyprus <03794> this news is announced <01540> to them.
2Lament <01826>, you residents <03427> of the coast <0339>, you merchants <05503> of Sidon <06721> who travel over <05674> the sea <03220>, whose agents sail over <04390>
3the deep <07227> waters <04325>! Grain <02233> from the Shihor <07883> region, crops <07105> grown near the Nile <02975> she receives <08393>; she is <01961> the trade center <05505> of the nations <01471>.
4Be ashamed <0954>, O Sidon <06721>, for <03588> the sea <03220> says <0559> this, O fortress <04581> of the sea <03220>: “I have not <03808> gone into labor <02342> or <03808> given birth <03205>; I have not <03808> raised <01431> young men <0970> or brought up <07311> young women <01330>.”
5When the news <08088> reaches Egypt <04714>, they will be shaken <02342> by what has happened <08088> to Tyre <06865>.
6Travel <05674> to Tarshish <08659>! Wail <03213>, you residents <03427> of the coast <0339>!
7Is this <02063> really your boisterous <05947> city whose origins <06927> are in the distant past <06924> <03117>, and whose feet <07272> led <02986> her to a distant land <07350> to reside <01481>?
8Who <04310> planned <03289> this <02063> for <05921> royal Tyre <06865>, whose merchants are princes <08269>, whose <0834> traders <05503> are the dignitaries <03513> of the earth <0776>?
9The Lord <03069> who commands armies <06635> planned <03289> it– to dishonor <02490> the pride <01347> that comes from all <03605> her beauty <06643>, to humiliate <07043> all <03605> the dignitaries <03513> of the earth <0776>.
10Daughter <01323> Tarshish <08659>, travel back <05674> to your land <0776>, as one crosses the Nile <02975>; there is no <0369> longer <05750> any marketplace <04206> in Tyre.
11The Lord <03068> stretched out <05186> his hand <03027> over <05921> the sea <03220>, he shook <07264> kingdoms <04467>; he gave the order <06680> to <0413> destroy <08045> Canaan’s <03667> fortresses <04581>.
12He said <0559>, “You will no <03808> longer <05750> <03254> celebrate <05937>, oppressed <06231> virgin <01330> daughter <01323> Sidon <06721>! Get up <06965>, travel <05674> to Cyprus <03794>, but <01571> you will find no <03808> relief <05117> there <08033>.”
13Look <02005> at the land <0776> of the Chaldeans <03778>, these <02088> people <05971> who have lost <03808> their identity <03808>! The Assyrians <0804> have made it a home <03245> for wild animals <06728>. They erected <06965> their siege towers <0971>, demolished <06209> its fortresses <0759>, and turned <07760> it into a heap of ruins <04654>.
14Wail <03213>, you large ships <08659>, ships <0591>, for <03588> your fortress <04581> is destroyed <07703>!
15At that <01931> time <03117> Tyre <06865> will <01961> be forgotten <07911> for seventy <07657> years <08141>, the typical life span <03117> of a <0259> king <04428>. At the end <07093> of seventy <07657> years <08141> Tyre <06865> will try to attract <01961> attention again, like the prostitute <02181> in the popular song <07892>:
16“Take <03947> the harp <03658>, go through <05437> the city <05892>, forgotten <07911> prostitute <02181>! Play <03190> it well <03190>, play <05059> lots <07235> of songs <07892>, so <04616> you’ll be noticed <02142>!”
17At the end <07093> of seventy <07657> years <08141> the Lord <03068> will revive <06485> Tyre <06865>. She will start <07725> making money again <07725> by selling <0868> her services <02181> to <0854> all <03605> the earth’s <0127> kingdoms <04467>.
18Her profits <05504> and earnings <0868> will be <01961> set apart <06944> for the Lord <03068>. They will not <03808> be stored up <0686> or <03808> accumulated <02630>, for <03588> her profits <05504> will be given to those who live <03427> in the Lord’s <03068> presence <06440> and will be <01961> used to purchase large quantities <07654> of food <0398> and beautiful <06266> clothes <04374>.