1. The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is revealed to them.
2. Be silent, you that dwell in the island: the merchants of Sidon passing over the sea, have filled thee.
3. The seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the mart of the nations.
4. Be thou ashamed, O Sidon: for the sea speaketh, even the strength of the sea, saying: I have not been in labour, nor have I brought forth, nor have I nourished up young men, nor brought up virgins.
5. When it shall be heard in Egypt, they will be sorry when they shall hear of Tyre:
6. Pass over the seas, howl, ye inhabitants of the island.
7. Is not this your city, which gloried from of old in her antiquity? her feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
8. Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, that was formerly crowned, whose merchants were princes, and her traders the nobles of the earth?