Wail,^(B) you ships^(C) of Tarshish!^(D)
    For Tyre is destroyed^(E)
    and left without house or harbor.
From the land of Cyprus
    word has come to them.

³² As they wail and mourn over you,
    they will take up a lament^(A) concerning you:
“Who was ever silenced like Tyre,
    surrounded by the sea?^(B)”
³³ When your merchandise went out on the seas,^(C)
    you satisfied many nations;
with your great wealth^(D) and your wares
    you enriched the kings of the earth.
³⁴ Now you are shattered by the sea
    in the depths of the waters;
your wares and all your company
    have gone down with you.^(E)
35 All who live in the coastlands^(F)
    are appalled^(G) at you;
their kings shudder with horror
    and their faces are distorted with fear.^(H)
36 The merchants among the nations scoff at you;^(I)
    you have come to a horrible end
    and will be no more.^(J)’”

¹⁸ By your many sins and dishonest trade
    you have desecrated your sanctuaries.
So I made a fire^(A) come out from you,
    and it consumed you,
and I reduced you to ashes^(B) on the ground
    in the sight of all who were watching.^(C)