4. Be ashamed, Sidon, and you fortress of the sea,for the sea has spoken:‘I have neither been in labour nor given birth;I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.’
5. When word comes to Egypt,they will be in anguish at the report from Tyre.
6. Cross over to Tarshish;wail, you people of the island.
7. Is this your city of revelry,the old, old city,whose feet have taken herto settle in far-off lands?
8. Who planned this against Tyre,the bestower of crowns,whose merchants are princes,whose traders are renowned in the earth?
9. The Lord Almighty planned it,to bring down her pride in all her splendourand to humble all who are renowned on the earth.