1This is the burden against Tyre:
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
for Tyre is laid waste,
without house or harbor.
Word has reached them
from the land of Cyprus.
2Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland,
you merchants of Sidon,
whose traders have crossed the sea.
3On the great waters
came the grain of Shihor;
the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre;
she was the merchant of the nations.
4Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea,
for the sea has spoken:
“I have not been in labor
or given birth.
I have not raised young men
or brought up young women.”
5When the report reaches Egypt,
they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
6Cross over to Tarshish;
wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
— Isaiah 23:1-6