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The oracle concerning Tyre .
Wail ,
O ships of Tarshish ,
for Tyre is laid waste ,
without house or haven !
From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them .
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Be still ,
O inhabitants of the coast ,
O merchants of Sidon ;
your messengers passed over the sea
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and were on many waters ;
your revenue was the grain of Shihor ,
the harvest of the Nile ;
you were the merchant of the nations .
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Be ashamed ,
O Sidon ,
for the sea has spoken ,
the stronghold of the sea ,
saying : "
I have neither travailed nor given birth ,
I have neither reared young men nor brought up virgins ."
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When the report comes to Egypt ,
they will be in anguish over the report about Tyre .
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Pass over to Tarshish ,
wail ,
O inhabitants of the coast !
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Is this your exultant city whose origin is from days of old ,
whose feet carried her to settle afar ?
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Who has purposed this against Tyre ,
the bestower of crowns ,
whose merchants were princes ,
whose traders were the honored of the earth ?
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The LORD of hosts has purposed it ,
to defile the pride of all glory ,
to dishonor all the honored of the earth .
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Overflow your land like the Nile ,
O daughter of Tarshish ;
there is no restraint any more .
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He has stretched out his hand over the sea ,
he has shaken the kingdoms ;
the LORD has given command concerning Canaan to destroy its strongholds .
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And he said : "
You will no more exult ,
O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon ;
arise ,
pass over to Cyprus ,
even there you will have no rest ."
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Behold the land of the Chalde '
ans !
This is the people ;
it was not Assyria .
They destined Tyre for wild beasts .
They erected their siegetowers ,
they razed her palaces ,
they made her a ruin .
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Wail ,
O ships of Tarshish ,
for your stronghold is laid waste .