1 The message about Tyre:You ships of Tarshish, cry!The houses and harbor of Tyre are destroyed.This news came to the shipsfrom the land of Cyprus.
2 Be silent, you who live on the island of Tyre.You merchants of Sidon, be silent.Seamen have made you rich.
3 They traveled the sea to bring grain from Egypt.The men of Tyre brought grain from the Nile Valleyand sold it to other nations.
4 Sidon, be ashamed.Strong city of the sea, be ashamed. The sea says:“I have not felt the pain of giving birth.I have not reared young men or women.”
5 Egypt will hear the news about Tyre.And it will make Egypt hurt with sorrow.