Wail, ships of Tarshish,^(C)
for your haven has been destroyed.
Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.^[a](D)
2 Mourn, inhabitants of the coastland,
you merchants of Sidon;^(E)
your agents have crossed the sea^[b]
3 on many waters.
Tyre’s revenue was the grain from Shihor—
the harvest of the Nile.
She was the merchant among the nations.^(F)
4 Be ashamed 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.”
⁵ When the news reaches Egypt,
they will be in anguish over the news about Tyre.^(G)
6 Cross over to Tarshish;
wail, inhabitants of the coastland!
⁷ Is this your jubilant city,
whose origin was in ancient times,
whose feet have taken her
to settle far away?
⁸ Who planned this against Tyre,
the bestower of crowns,
whose traders are princes,
whose merchants are the honored ones of the earth?
⁹ The Lord of Hosts planned it,
to desecrate all its glorious beauty,
to disgrace all the honored ones of the earth.
¹⁰ Overflow^[c] your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish;
there is no longer anything to restrain you.^[d]
11 He stretched out His hand over the sea;^(H)
He made kingdoms tremble.
The Lord has commanded
that the Canaanite fortresses be destroyed.
¹² He said,
“You will not rejoice anymore,
ravished young woman, daughter of Sidon.
Get up and cross over to Cyprus^(I)—
even there you will have no rest!”
¹³ Look at the land of the Chaldeans—
a people who no longer exist.
Assyria destined it for desert creatures.
They set up their siege towers
and stripped its palaces.
They made it a ruin.
¹⁴ Wail, ships of Tarshish,
because your fortress is destroyed!

¹⁶ Pick up your lyre,
stroll through the city,
prostitute forgotten by men.
Play skillfully,
sing many a song,
and you will be thought of again.

How you have perished, city of renown,
you who were populated from the seas!^[b]
She who was powerful on the sea,
she and all of her inhabitants
inflicted their terror.^[c]
18 Now the coastlands tremble^(P)
on the day of your downfall;
the islands in the sea
are alarmed by your demise.”

Tyre, you declared,
‘I am perfect in beauty.’
⁴ Your realm was in the heart of the sea;
your builders perfected your beauty.
⁵ They constructed all your planking
with pine trees from Senir.^[g](V)
They took a cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.
⁶ They made your oars of oaks from Bashan.
They made your deck of cypress wood
from the coasts of Cyprus,^(W)
inlaid with ivory.
⁷ Your sail was made of
fine embroidered linen from Egypt,
and served as your banner.
Your awning was of blue and purple fabric
from the coasts of Elishah.
⁸ The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad^(X)
were your rowers.
Your wise men were within you, Tyre;
they were your captains.
⁹ The elders of Gebal and its wise men^(Y)
were within you, repairing your leaks.

All the ships of the sea and their sailors
came to^[h] you to barter for your goods.
¹⁰ Men of Persia, Lud, and Put^(Z)
were in your army, serving as your warriors.
They hung shields and helmets in you;
they gave you splendor.
¹¹ Men of Arvad and Helech
were stationed on your walls all around,
and Gammadites were in your towers.
They hung their shields^[i] all around your walls;
they perfected your beauty.

So you became full and heavily loaded^[w]
in the heart of the sea.
²⁶ Your rowers have brought you
onto the high seas,^(AO)
but the east wind has shattered you
in the heart of the sea.
²⁷ Your wealth, merchandise, and goods,
your sailors and captains,
those who repair your leaks,
those who barter for your goods,
and all the warriors within you,
with all the other people on board,^[x]
sink into the heart of the sea
on the day of your downfall.

²⁸ The countryside shakes
at the sound of your sailors’ cries.^(AP)
29 All those who handle an oar
disembark from their ships.
The sailors and all the captains of the sea
stand on the shore.
³⁰ They raise their voices over you
and cry out bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads;^(AQ)
they roll in ashes.
³¹ They shave their heads because of you
and wrap themselves in sackcloth.
They weep over you
with deep anguish and bitter mourning.

³² In their wailing they lament for you,^(AR)
mourning over you:
Who was like Tyre,
silenced^[y] in the middle of the sea?
³³ When your merchandise was unloaded from the seas,
you satisfied many peoples.
You enriched the kings of the earth
with your abundant wealth and goods.
³⁴ Now you are shattered by the sea
in the depths of the waters;
your goods and the people within you
have gone down.
³⁵ All the inhabitants of the coasts and islands
are appalled^(AS) at you.
Their kings shudder with fear;
their faces are contorted.
³⁶ Those who trade among the peoples
mock^[z](AT) you;
you have become an object of horror
and will never exist again.”^(AU)

Your^[aa] heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god;^(AV)
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.
³ Yes, you are wiser than Daniel;^(AW)
no secret is hidden from you!
⁴ By your wisdom and understanding
you have acquired wealth for yourself.
You have acquired gold and silver
for your treasuries.^(AX)
5 By your great skill in trading
you have increased your wealth,
but your heart has become proud
because of your wealth.”

Because you regard your heart as that of a god,
⁷ I am about to bring strangers against you,
ruthless men from the nations.
They will draw their swords
against your magnificent wisdom
and will defile your splendor.^(AY)
8 They will bring you down to the Pit,^(AZ)
and you will die a violent death
in the heart of the sea.
⁹ Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill^[ab] you?
Yet you will be only a man, not a god,
in the hands of those who kill you.
¹⁰ You will die the death of the uncircumcised^(BA)
at the hands of strangers.^(BB)
For I have spoken.
This is the declaration of the Lord God.

You were the seal^[ac] of perfection,^[ad]
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.^(BD)
13 You were in Eden,^(BE) the garden of God.
Every kind of precious stone covered you:
carnelian, topaz, and diamond,^[ae]
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,^[af] turquoise^[ag] and emerald.^[ah]
Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold;^(BF)
they were prepared on the day you were created.
¹⁴ You were an anointed guardian cherub,^(BG)
for^[ai] I had appointed you.
You were on the holy mountain of God;
you walked among the fiery stones.
¹⁵ From the day you were created
you were blameless in your ways
until wickedness was found in you.
¹⁶ Through the abundance of your trade,
you were filled with violence, and you sinned.
So I expelled you in disgrace
from the mountain of God,
and banished you, guardian cherub,^[aj]
from among the fiery stones.
¹⁷ Your heart became proud because of your beauty;^(BH)
For the sake of your splendor
you corrupted your wisdom.
So I threw you down to the earth;
I made you a spectacle before kings.
¹⁸ You profaned your sanctuaries
by the magnitude of your iniquities
in your dishonest trade.
So I made fire come from within you,
and it consumed you.^(BI)
I reduced you to ashes on the ground
in the sight of everyone watching you.
¹⁹ All those who know you among the nations
are appalled at you.
You have become an object of horror
and will never exist again.”^(BJ)