“How you have perished,
O one inhabited by seafaring men,
O renowned city,
Who was ^(B)strong at sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!

²⁵ “How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle!
Jonathan was slain in your high places.
²⁶ I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
You have been very pleasant to me;
^(A)Your love to me was wonderful,
Surpassing the love of women.

²⁷ “How^(B) the mighty have fallen,
And the weapons of war perished!”

¹⁶ “This is the ^(A)lamentation
With which they shall lament her;
The daughters of the nations shall lament her;
They shall lament for her, for Egypt,
And for all her multitude,”
Says the Lord God.’ ”

^(B)‘You are like a young lion among the nations,
And ^(C)you are like a monster in the seas,
^(D)Bursting forth in your rivers,
Troubling the waters with your feet,
And ^(E)fouling their rivers.

“O Tyre, you have said,
^(D)‘I am perfect in beauty.’
⁴ Your borders are in the midst of the seas.
Your builders have perfected your beauty.
⁵ They ^[b]made all your planks of fir trees from ^(E)Senir;
They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast.
⁶ Of ^(F)oaks from Bashan they made your oars;
The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks
With ivory from ^(G)the coasts of ^[c]Cyprus.
⁷ Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail;
Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you.

⁸ “Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen;
Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you;
They became your pilots.
⁹ Elders of ^(H)Gebal and its wise men
Were in you to caulk your seams;
All the ships of the sea
And their oarsmen were in you
To market your merchandise.

¹⁰ “Those from Persia, ^[d]Lydia, and ^[e]Libya
Were in your army as men of war;
They hung shield and helmet in you;
They gave splendor to you.
¹¹ Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around,
And the men of Gammad were in your towers;
They hung their shields on your walls all around;
They made ^(I)your beauty perfect.

²⁵ “The ^(V)ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise.
You were filled and very glorious ^(W)in the midst of the seas.
²⁶ Your oarsmen brought you into many waters,
But ^(X)the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas.

²⁷ “Your ^(Y)riches, wares, and merchandise,
Your mariners and pilots,
Your caulkers and merchandisers,
All your men of war who are in you,
And the entire company which is in your midst,
Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin.
²⁸ The ^(Z)common-land^[g] will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.

²⁹ “All ^(AA)who handle the oar,
The mariners,
All the pilots of the sea
Will come down from their ships and stand on the ^[h]shore.
³⁰ They will make their voice heard because of you;
They will cry bitterly and ^(AB)cast dust on their heads;
They ^(AC)will roll about in ashes;
³¹ They will ^(AD)shave themselves completely bald because of you,
Gird themselves with sackcloth,
And weep for you
With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
³² In their wailing for you
They will ^(AE)take up a lamentation,
And lament for you:
^(AF)‘What city is like Tyre,
Destroyed in the midst of the sea?

³³ ‘When^(AG) your wares went out by sea,
You satisfied many people;
You enriched the kings of the earth
With your many luxury goods and your merchandise.
³⁴ But ^(AH)you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters;
^(AI)Your merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst.
^35 (AJ)All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you;
Their kings will be greatly afraid,
And their countenance will be troubled.
³⁶ The merchants among the peoples ^(AK)will hiss at you;
^(AL)You will become a horror, and be no ^(AM)more forever.’ ” ’ ”