01 The matter of Tyre. Now shriek, you on boats out of Carthage; for, Tyre has been wiped away, and they won’t be sailing from Cyprus again, since the people of Tyre are all captives!
02 To whom can I liken their people… to Phoenician traders who pass through the seas.
03 Or to the offspring of those traders who transport the harvests of the nations.
04 ‘And you, O Sidon, be ashamed,’ said the sea! Then the power of the sea told them this: ‘I have no pains and I’ve not given birth, nor have I fed young or raised virgins.
05 But when Egypt hears what’s happened to Tyre, they’ll be overtaken by grief.
06 So, travel to Carthage and shriek, all you who live on the islands!
07 For, she was the source of your insolent ways back before she had fallen.
08 Who was it who planned these things against Tyre? For, isn’t she the strongest and best… aren’t her merchants the glorious rulers of nations?
09 It was Jehovah of Armies who laid out the plans to end the insolence of these glorious ones… to dishonor the glories of the whole earth!
10 So now, you’ll be forced to be farmers, since boats won’t be sailing from Carthage again.
11 And your hands won’t control the seas anymore, O you provokers of kings. Yes, it was Jehovah of Armies who ordered the destruction of CanaAn’s strength.
12 So that you would not keep on insulting and wronging the daughter of Zion. Then, if you should travel to Cyprus, you will not find any rest there.
13 And if you should go to Chaldea, you won’t find rest, for her walls will soon fall… the Assyrians will come and destroy it.
14 So Shriek, you on boats who are coming from Carthage, because your fort will soon be destroyed!
15 This is how it will be in that day: Tyre will remain in that state for the next 70 years… the length of the lives of both men and kings. Then, after the 70 years have elapsed, Tyre will become like the song of a whore.
16 So, pick up your harp and wander away, O whore who will soon be forgotten! Play your harp and sing very well, so there’ll be someone who doesn’t forget you!
17 Then, after those 70 years have elapsed, God will come and revisit Tyre… He’ll restore her as she’d once been… she’ll be a market for all kingdoms again throughout man’s home on the face of the earth.
18 Then her trading will pay a holy wage to the Lord; for their profits will not be carried to them… they’ll be sent to those who dwell before God… all the wealth of her trading will then go to them, which they’ll use to eat and drink ‘til they’re full, as a compact memorial before God.