1. This is a message about Tyre: Ships traveling from Cyprus heard this message: “Cry, you ships from Tarshish! Your harbor has been destroyed.”
2. You people living near the sea, mourn in silence. The merchants of Sidon sent traders across the sea and filled the city with riches.
3. They traveled the seas looking for grain. The men from Tyre bought grain that grows near the Nile River and sold it to other nations.
4. Sidon, you should be very sad, because now the Sea and the Fort of the Sea say, “I have no children. I have never felt the pain of birth; I have never given birth to children. I have never raised young men and women.”
5. When Egypt hears the news about Tyre, it will feel the pain of sorrow.
6. You ships, try to escape to Tarshish! Cry out, you people living near the sea!
7. Can this be that happy city that was founded so long ago? Is it that same city whose people traveled so far to settle other lands?
8. This city produced so many leaders. Its merchants were like princes. Its traders had the whole world’s respect. So who made these plans against Tyre?
9. It was the Lord All-Powerful. He decided to destroy the great things they were so proud of. He wanted to disgrace those who were so highly respected.