1. This is a message about Tyre: Ships traveling from Cyprus heard this message: “Cry, you ships from Tarshish! Your harbor has been destroyed.”
2. You people living near the sea, mourn in silence. The merchants of Sidon sent traders across the sea and filled the city with riches.
3. They traveled the seas looking for grain. The men from Tyre bought grain that grows near the Nile River and sold it to other nations.