10. People of Tyre,your harbour is destroyed!You will have to become farmersjust like the Egyptians.
11. The Lord's hand has reachedacross the sea,upsetting the nations.He has given a commandto destroy fortressesin the land of Canaan.
12. The Lord has saidto the people of Sidon,“Your celebrating is over—you are crushed.Even if you escape to Cyprus,you won't find peace.”
13. Look what the Assyrians have done to Babylonia! They have attacked, destroying every palace in the land. Now wild animals live among the ruins.
14. Not a fortress will be left standing, so tell all the seagoing ships to mourn.
15. The city of Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, which is the lifetime of a king. Then Tyre will be like that evil woman in the song:
16. You're gone and forgotten,you evil woman!So strut through the town,singing and playingyour favourite tuneto be remembered again.
17. At the end of those seventy years, the Lord will let Tyre get back into business. The city will be like a woman who sells her body to everyone of every nation on earth,