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People of the island of Tyre, cry out!
    Go across the sea to Tarshish.
Just look at Tyre.
    It’s no longer the old, old city that was known for its wild parties.
It no longer sends its people out
    to make their homes in lands far away.
Tyre was a city that produced kings.
    Its traders were princes.
They were honored all over the earth.
    So who planned to destroy such a city?

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Cross over to Tarshish;(A)
    wail, you people of the island.
Is this your city of revelry,(B)
    the old, old city,
whose feet have taken her
    to settle in far-off lands?
Who planned this against Tyre,
    the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants(C) are princes,
    whose traders(D) are renowned in the earth?

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