8 Who planned Tyre’s destruction?Tyre made others rich.Its merchants were treated like princes,and its traders were greatly respected.
9 It was the Lord All-Powerful who planned this.He decided to make these proud people unimportant;he decided to disgrace those who were greatly respected.
10 Go through your land, people of Tarshish,like the Nile goes through Egypt.There is no harbor for you now!
11 The Lord has stretched his hand over the seaand made its kingdoms tremble.He commands that Canaan’sstrong, walled cities be destroyed.
12 He said, “Sidon, you will not rejoice any longer,because you are destroyed.Even if you cross the sea to Cyprus,you will not find a place to rest.”
13 Look at the land of the Babylonians;it is not a country now.Assyria has made it a place for wild animals.Assyria built towers to attack it;the soldiers took all the treasures from its cities,and they turned it into ruins.
14 So be sad, you trading ships,because your strong city is destroyed.