¹⁴ Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold [of Tyre] is laid waste [your strength has been destroyed].

²⁶ Your rowers have brought you out into great and deep waters; the east wind has broken and wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

²⁷ Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your oarsmen and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your company which is in your midst, sink in the heart of the seas on the day of your ruin!

²⁸ The waves and the countryside shake at the [piercing] sound of the [hopeless, wailing] cry of your pilots.

²⁹ And down from their ships come all who handle the oar. The mariners and all the pilots of the sea stand upon the shore

³⁰ And are heard wailing loudly over you, and they cry bitterly. They cast up dust on their heads; they wallow in ashes,