9 The Lord Almighty planned it,to bring down her pride in all her splendourand to humble all who are renowned on the earth.
10 Till your land as they do along the Nile,Daughter Tarshish,for you no longer have a harbour.
11 The Lord has stretched out his hand over the seaand made its kingdoms tremble.He has given an order concerning Phoeniciathat her fortresses be destroyed.
12 He said, ‘No more of your revelling,Virgin Daughter Sidon, now crushed!‘Up, cross over to Cyprus;even there you will find no rest.’
13 Look at the land of the Babylonians,this people that is now of no account!The Assyrians have made ita place for desert creatures;they raised up their siege towers,they stripped its fortresses bareand turned it into a ruin.
14 Wail, you ships of Tarshish;your fortress is destroyed!
15 At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the span of a king’s life. But at the end of these seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute: