The burdenof Tyre. Howl, ye shipsof Tarshish; forit is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the landof Chittimit is revealedto them. Be still, ye inhabitantsof the isle; thou whom the merchantsof Zidon, that pass overthe sea, have replenished. And by greatwatersthe seedof Sihor, the harvestof the river, is her revenue; and she isa martof nations. Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: forthe seahath spoken, even the strengthof the sea, saying, I travailnot, norbring forth children, neitherdo I nourish upyoung men, nor bring upvirgins. Asat the reportconcerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely painedat the reportof Tyre. Pass ye overto Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitantsof the isle. Is thisyour joyous city , whose antiquity is of ancientdays? her own feetshall carryher afar offto sojourn. Whohath taken this counselagainstTyre, the crowning city , whosemerchants are princes, whose traders are the honorableof the earth? The LORDof hostshath purposedit, to stainthe prideof allglory, and to bring into contemptallthe honorableof the earth. Pass throughthy landas a river, O daughterof Tarshish: there is nomorestrength. He stretched outhis handoverthe sea, he shookthe kingdoms: the LORDhath given a commandmentagainstthe merchant city , to destroythe strongholdsthereof. And he said, Thou shalt nomorerejoice, O thou oppressedvirgin, daughterof Zidon: arise, pass overto Chittim; therealsoshalt thou have no rest. Beholdthe landof the Chaldeans; thispeoplewasnot, till the Assyrianfoundedit for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set upthe towersthereof, they raised upthe palacesthereof; and he broughtit to ruin. Howl, ye shipsof Tarshish: foryour strengthis laid waste. And it shall come to passin thatday, that Tyreshall be forgottenseventyyears, according to the daysof oneking: after the endof seventyyearsshall Tyresingas a harlot. Takea harp, go aboutthe city, thou harlotthat hast been forgotten; make sweetmelody, sing manysongs, thatthou mayest be remembered. And it shall come to passafter the endof seventyyears, that the LORDwill visitTyre, and she shall turnto her hire, and shall commit fornicationwithallthe kingdomsof the worlduponthe faceof the earth. And her merchandiseand her hireshall beholinessto the LORD: it shall notbe treasurednorlaid up; forher merchandiseshall befor them that dwellbeforethe LORD, to eatsufficiently, and for durableclothing.