26
Your oarsmen take you
out to the high seas.
But the east wind will break you to pieces
in the heart of the sea.
27
Your wealth, merchandise and wares,
your mariners, seamen and shipwrights,
your merchants and all your soldiers,
and everyone else on board
will sink into the heart of the sea
on the day of your shipwreck.
28
The shorelands will quake
when your seamen cry out.
29
All who handle the oars
will abandon their ships;
the mariners and all the seamen
will stand on the shore.
30
They will raise their voice
and cry bitterly over you;
they will sprinkle dust on their heads
and roll in ashes.
31
They will shave their heads because of you
and will put on sackcloth.
They will weep over you with anguish of soul
and with bitter mourning.
32
As they wail and mourn over you,
they will take up a lament concerning you:
“Who was ever silenced like Tyre,
surrounded by the sea?”
33
When your merchandise went out on the seas,
you satisfied many nations;
with your great wealth 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.