Isaiah 23:5-8 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

5. Even the Egyptians will be shocked and dismayed when they learn that Tyre has been destroyed.

6. Howl with grief, you people of Phoenicia! Try to escape to Spain!

7. Can this be the joyful city of Tyre, founded so long ago? Is this the city that sent settlers across the sea to establish colonies?

8. Who was it that planned to bring all this on Tyre, that imperial city, whose merchant princes were the most honoured men on earth?

Isaiah 23