1. The word of the Lord came to me:
2. “Son of man, take up a lament concerning Tyre.
3. Say to Tyre, situated at the gateway to the sea, merchant of peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘You say, Tyre, “I am perfect in beauty.”
4. Your domain was on the high seas; your builders brought your beauty to perfection.