Ezekiel 26:16-18

New International Reader's Version

¹⁶Then all the princes along the coast will step down from their thrones. They will put their robes away. They will take off their beautiful clothes. They will sit on the ground. They will put on terror as if it were their clothes. They will tremble with fear all the time. They will be shocked because of what has happened to you. ¹⁷Then they will sing a song of sadness about you. They will say to you,

“ ‘Famous city, you have been completely destroyed!
    You were filled with sea traders.
You and your citizens
    were a mighty power on the seas.
You terrified everyone
    who lived in you.
¹⁸The lands along the coast trembled with fear
    when you fell.
The islands in the sea
    were terrified when you were destroyed.’ ”