25 Your merchandise was carried in fleets of the largest cargo ships.“You were like a ship at seaLoaded with heavy cargo.
26 When your oarsmen brought you out to sea,An east wind wrecked you far from land.
27 All your wealth of merchandise,All the sailors in your crew,Your ship's carpenters and your merchants,Every soldier on board the ship—All, all were lost at seaWhen your ship was wrecked.
28 The shouts of the drowning sailorsEchoed on the shore.
29 “Every ship is now deserted,And every sailor has gone ashore.
30 They all mourn bitterly for you,Throwing dust on their heads and rolling in ashes.
31 They shave their heads for youAnd dress themselves in sackcloth.Their hearts are bitter as they weep.