The destruction of Tyre

26 “ ‘The men who row your boats took the ships full of cargo out on the stormy seas.

But the strong east wind wrecked those cargo boats.

27 Everything in the boats ◄was lost/sank to the bottom of the sea►—

all the valuable cargo [DOU] and many of [HYP] the sailors and ship pilots,

the ship workers and merchants and soldiers.

On the day that the ships were wrecked,

many of those on the ships sank to the bottom of the sea.

28 The people in cities along the coast trembled

when they heard your ship pilots cry out.

29 All the men who remained who pulled the oars left the ships;

the sailors and pilots go to the shore and stand on the beach.

30 They cry aloud because of what has happened to your wealth,

and they weep bitterly.

They throw dirt on their heads

and roll around in ashes.

31 They shave their heads to show that they are very sad because of what has happened to you,

and they put on rough sackcloth.

They weep for you very bitterly

and mourn for you.

32 While they wail and mourn because of what has happened to you,

they sing this sad funeral song:

“There was certainly never [RHQ] a city like Tyre

that now is silent,

covered by the waves of the sea.”

33 The goods that your merchants traded

were things that pleased the people of many countries.

Kings in very distant places became rich

from the wealth that they obtained from trading with you.

34 But now your city is like a ship [MET] that is wrecked in the sea,

and everything that was in it is broken, at the bottom of the sea.

All of your cargo and your sailors have sunk to the bottom of the sea along with the ships.

35 All the people who live along the seacoast are appalled/horrified

because of what has happened to you.

Their kings are very horrified,

causing their faces to be twisted as they watch.

36 The merchants of the other nations shake their heads

because it is difficult for them to believe what has happened;

your city has disappeared,

and it will not exist any more.’ ”