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Look at your once happy city!
    Look at your old, old city!
People from that city have traveled
    far away to live.
Who planned Tyre’s destruction?
    Tyre made others rich.
Her merchants were treated like princes.
    Her traders were greatly respected.
It was the Lord of heaven’s armies who planned this!
    He decided to make these proud men unimportant.
    He decided to disgrace those who were greatly respected.

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Is this your city of revelry,(A)
    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(B) are princes,
    whose traders(C) are renowned in the earth?
The Lord Almighty planned(D) it,
    to bring down(E) her pride in all her splendor
    and to humble(F) all who are renowned(G) on the earth.

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