You ·trading ships [^Lships of Tarshish; ^Cwestern port city, probably in Spain; 2:16], ·cry [wail]!
    The houses and harbor of Tyre are ·destroyed [devastated; laid waste].
This news came to the ships
    from the land of ·Cyprus [^Lthe Kittim; ^Cthe people of Cyprus, an island west of Israel].
² ·Be silent [or Mourn in silence], you who live on the ·island of Tyre [or coastland];
    you merchants of Sidon [^Cport city of Phoenica], be silent.
    ·Sailors have made you rich [or …whose messengers have crossed the sea].
³ They traveled ·the sea [the great waters; or many seas] to bring ·grain from Egypt [^Lthe grain of Shihor; ^Cthe east branch of the Nile in Egypt];
    the harvest of the Nile was Tyre’s ·profit [revenue];
she was the marketplace of the nations.

⁴ Sidon, be ashamed.
    ·Strong city [Fortress] of the sea, be ashamed, because the sea says:
“I have not ·felt the pain of giving birth [gone into labor or given 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 [be in anguish].

⁶ ·You ships should return [Travel; or Send word; ^LCross over] to Tarshish [v. 1].
    ·Be sad [Wail], you people ·living near the sea [of the coast].
⁷ ·Look at [^LIs this…?] your ·once happy [boisterous] city,
    ·founded so long ago [whose beginning was from days of antiquity].
·People from that city have traveled […whose feet have taken her]
    far away to live.
⁸ Who planned Tyre’s destruction?
    Tyre ·made others rich [bestower of crowns; or wearer of crowns].
Its merchants ·were treated like [^Lwere; or are] princes,
    and its traders were ·greatly respected [^Lthe honored/renowned of the earth].
⁹ It was the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts] who planned this.
    He decided to ·make these proud people unimportant [^Lbring down the pride of all her glory/splendor];
    he decided to ·disgrace [humble] ·those who were greatly respected [^Lthe honored/renowned of the earth].
¹⁰ Go through^[a] [or Cultivate; Till] your land, ·people [^Ldaughter] of Tarshish [v. 1],
    like ·the Nile goes through Egypt [or they do along the Nile].
    There is no ·harbor [or marketplace; or restraint; or strength] for you now!
¹¹ The Lord has stretched his hand over the sea
    and made its kingdoms tremble.
He commands that Canaan’s
    ·strong, walled cities [fortresses; strongholds] be destroyed.
¹² He said, “·Sidon [^LVirgin daughter Sidon], you will not ·rejoice [celebrate] any longer,
    because you are ·destroyed [crushed; oppressed].
·Even if you cross the sea [^LArise, cross over] to ·Cyprus [^LKittim],
    [but] you will not find a place to rest.”
¹³ Look at the land of the ·Babylonians [Chaldeans];
    ·it is not a country now [this people is no more].
Assyria has made it a place for ·wild [desert] animals.
    Assyria built ·towers to attack it [siege towers];
the soldiers ·took all the treasures from its cities [stripped bare/tore down its fortresses/palaces],
    and they turned it into ruins.
¹⁴ ·So be sad [Wail], you ·trading ships [^Lships of Tarshish; v. 1; 2:16],
    because your ·strong city [fortress; stronghold] is destroyed.

¹⁶ “Oh ·woman [prostitute; harlot], you are forgotten.
    Take your harp and walk through the city.
Play your harp well. Sing ·your song often [many songs].
    Then people will remember you.”