“How you have vanished^[a] from the seas,
    O city renowned,
once mighty on the sea,
    you and your inhabitants,^[b]
who imposed your^[c] terror
    on all the mainland!^[d](A)

¹² How you are fallen from heaven,
    O Morning Star, son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
    you who laid the nations low!^(A)

²⁵ How the mighty have fallen
    in the midst of the battle!

Jonathan lies slain upon your high places.^(A)
26     I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
greatly beloved were you to me;
    your love to me was wonderful,
    passing the love of women.^(B)

²⁷ How the mighty have fallen,
    and the weapons of war perished!”^(C)

¹⁶ “Alas, alas, the great city,
    clothed in fine linen,
        in purple and scarlet,
    adorned with gold,
        with jewels, and with pearls!^(A)
17 For in one hour all this wealth has been laid waste!”

“What city was like the great city?”^(C)

“Alas, alas, the great city,
    where all who had ships at sea
    grew rich by her wealth!
For in one hour she has been laid waste.”^(D)

“Alas, alas, the great city,
    Babylon, the mighty city!
For in one hour your judgment has come.”^(B)

You consider yourself a lion among the nations,
    but you are like a dragon in the seas;
you thrash about in your streams,
    trouble the water with your feet,
    and foul your^[a] streams.^(A)

O Tyre, you have said,
    “I am perfect in beauty.”^(B)
4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas;
    your builders made perfect your beauty.^(C)
5 They made all your planks
    of fir trees from Senir;
they took a cedar from Lebanon
    to make a mast for you.^(D)
6 From oaks of Bashan
    they made your oars;
they made your deck of pines^[a]
    from the coasts of Cyprus,
    inlaid with ivory.^(E)
7 Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
    was your sail,
    serving as your ensign;
blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah
    was your awning.
⁸ The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad
    were your rowers;
skilled men of Zemer^[b] were within you;
    they were your pilots.^(F)
9 The elders of Gebal and its artisans were within you,
    caulking your seams;
all the ships of the sea with their sailors were within you,
    to barter for your wares.^(G)
10 Paras^[c] and Lud and Put
    were in your army,
    your mighty warriors;
they hung shield and helmet in you;
    they gave you splendor.^(H)
11 Men of Arvad and Helech^[d]
    were on your walls all around;
    men of Gamad were at your towers.
They hung their quivers all around your walls;
    they made perfect your beauty.^(I)

So you were filled and heavily laden
    in the heart of the seas.^(T)
26 Your rowers have brought you
    into the high seas.
The east wind has wrecked you
    in the heart of the seas.^(U)
27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
    your sailors and your pilots,
your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
    and all your warriors within you,
with all the company
    that is with you,
sink into the heart of the seas
    on the day of your ruin.^(V)
28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots
    the pasturelands shake,^(W)
29 and down from their ships
    come all who handle the oar.
The sailors and all the pilots of the sea
    stand on the shore^(X)
30 and wail aloud over you
    and cry bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads
    and wallow in ashes;^(Y)
31 they make themselves bald for you
    and put on sackcloth,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
    with bitter mourning.^(Z)
32 In their wailing they raise a lamentation for you
    and lament over you:
“Who was ever destroyed^[j] like Tyre
    in the midst of the sea?^(AA)
33 When your wares came from the seas,
    you satisfied many peoples;
with your abundant wealth and merchandise
    you enriched the kings of the earth.^(AB)
34 Now you are wrecked by the seas,
    in the depths of the waters;
your merchandise and all your crew
    have sunk with you.^(AC)
35 All the inhabitants of the coastlands
    are appalled at you,
and their kings are horribly afraid;
    their faces are convulsed.^(AD)
36 The merchants among the peoples hiss at you;
    you have come to a dreadful end
    and shall be no more forever.”^(AE)