¹⁰ The elders of the daughter of Zion
    ^(A)sit on the ground ^(B)in silence;
^(C)they have thrown dust on their heads
    and ^(D)put on sackcloth;
the young women of Jerusalem
    have bowed their heads to the ground.

“‘How you have perished,
    you who were inhabited from the seas,
O city renowned,
    ^(B)who was mighty on the sea;
she and her inhabitants ^(C)imposed their terror
    on all her inhabitants!

Wail, O ^(C)ships of Tarshish,
    for Tyre is laid waste, ^(D)without house or harbor!
From ^(E)the land of Cyprus^[a]
    it is revealed to them.
² Be still, O inhabitants of the coast;
    the merchants of ^(F)Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.
³ And on many waters
your revenue was the grain of Shihor,
    the harvest of the Nile;
    you were ^(G)the merchant of the nations.
⁴ Be ashamed, O ^(H)Sidon, for the sea has spoken,
    the stronghold of the sea, saying:
“I have neither labored nor given birth,
    I have neither reared young men
    nor brought up young women.”
⁵ When the report comes to Egypt,
    they will be in anguish^[b] over the report about Tyre.
^6 (I)Cross over to Tarshish;
    wail, O inhabitants of the coast!

“Alas! Alas! ^(E)You great city,
    you mighty city, Babylon!
For ^(F)in a single hour your judgment has come.”

¹⁴ “The fruit for which your soul longed
    has gone from you,
and all your delicacies and your splendors
    are lost to you,
    never to be found again!”

¹⁶ “Alas, alas, for the great city
    ^(J)that was clothed in fine linen,
        in purple and scarlet,
    adorned with gold,
        with jewels, and with pearls!
¹⁷ For ^(K)in a single hour all this wealth ^(L)has been laid waste.”

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

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