Isaiah 23:1-3

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
    for your fortress is destroyed.^[a]
When they came in from Cyprus
    they learned of it.
² Be still, O inhabitants of the coast,
    O merchants of Sidon,
your messengers crossed over the sea^[b]
3     and were on the mighty waters;
your revenue was the grain of Shihor,
    the harvest of the Nile;
    you were the merchant of the nations.