3 and were on many waters;the grain of the Nile,the harvest of the River was her revenue;and she was the market of nations.
4 Be ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea has spoken,even the stronghold of the sea, saying,“I have not travailed nor brought forth children;neither have I brought up young men nor raised virgins.”
5 When the report reaches Egypt,they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
6 Pass over to Tarshish;wail, O inhabitants of the coastland.
7 Is this your joyous city,whose origin is from ancient days,whose feet used to carry herto sojourn in distant locations?
8 Who has planned this against Tyre,the crowning city,whose merchants are princes,whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
9 The Lord of Hosts has purposed it,to stain the pride of all gloryand to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.