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The Fall of Tyre

¹ The ^(F1)oracle concerning ^(C1)Tyre.

Wail, O ^(C2)ships of ^(C3)Tarshish,
For Tyre is destroyed, without house or ^(F2)(C4)harbor;
It is reported to them from the land of ^(F3)(C5)Cyprus.

^2 (C1)Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon;
^(F1)Your messengers crossed the sea

³ And were on many waters.
^(C1)The grain of the ^(F1)(C2)Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue;
And she was the ^(C3)market of nations.

⁴ Be ashamed, O ^(C1)Sidon;
For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying,
"I have neither travailed nor given birth,
I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins."

⁵ When the report reaches Egypt,
They will be in ^(C1)anguish at the report of Tyre.

⁶ Pass over to ^(C1)Tarshish;
Wail, O inhabitants of the coastland.

⁷ Is this your ^(C1)jubilant city,
Whose origin is from antiquity,
Whose feet used to carry her to ^(F1)colonize distant places?

⁸ Who has planned this against Tyre, ^(C1)the bestower of crowns,
Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?

^9 (C1)The LORD of hosts has planned it, to ^(C2)defile the pride of all beauty,
To despise all the ^(C3)honored of the earth.

^10 (F1)Overflow your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish,
There is no more ^(F2)restraint.

¹¹ He has ^(C1)stretched His hand out ^(C2)over the sea,
He has ^(C3)made the kingdoms tremble;
The LORD has given a command concerning Canaan to ^(C4)demolish its strongholds.

¹² He has said, "^(C1)You shall exult no more, O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, pass over to ^(F1)(C2)Cyprus; even there you will find no rest."

¹³ Behold, the land of the Chaldeans--this is the people which was not; ^(C1)Assyria appointed it for ^(C2)desert creatures--they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, ^(C3)they made it a ruin.

¹⁴ Wail, O ^(C1)ships of Tarshish,
For your stronghold is destroyed.

¹⁶ Take your harp, walk about the city,
O forgotten harlot;
Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.