3. and were on many waters;the grain of the Nile,the harvest of the River was her revenue;and she was the market of nations.
4. Be ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea has spoken,even the stronghold of the sea, saying,“I have not travailed nor brought forth children;neither have I brought up young men nor raised virgins.”
5. When the report reaches Egypt,they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
6. Pass over to Tarshish;wail, O inhabitants of the coastland.
7. Is this your joyous city,whose origin is from ancient days,whose feet used to carry herto sojourn in distant locations?
8. Who has planned this against Tyre,the crowning city,whose merchants are princes,whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
9. The Lord of Hosts has purposed it,to stain the pride of all gloryand to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
10. Pass through your land as the Nile,O daughter of Tarshish;there is no more restraint.
11. He stretched out His hand over the sea,He shook the kingdoms;the Lord has given a command against the merchant city,to destroy its strongholds.