The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laidwaste, so thatthere is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
Be thouashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hathspoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bringforthchildren, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
He stretched out his handover the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORDhathgiven a commandmentagainst the merchantcity, to destroy the strongholdsthereof.
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; thispeople was not, till the Assyrianfounded it for themthatdwell in the wilderness: they set up the towersthereof, theyraised up the palacesthereof; and he brought it to ruin.
And it shallcome to pass in that day, thatTyreshall be forgottenseventyyears, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventyyearsshallTyresing as an harlot.
And it shallcome to passafter the end of seventyyears, that the LORDwillvisitTyre, and she shallturn to her hire, and shallcommitfornicationwith all the kingdoms of the worldupon the face of the earth.
And her merchandise and her hireshall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandiseshall be for themthatdwellbefore the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durableclothing.