1I received this message from Yahweh about Tyre city:
2You people who live along the coast near Tyre, and merchants of Sidon city, mourn silently.
3They sailed across deep seas
4But now you people in Sidon should be ashamed,
5When the people of Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre,
6Sail to Tarshish and tell them what happened;
7The people in the very old city of Tyre were [RHQ] previously joyful.
8People from Tyre appointed kings over other places;
9It was the Commander of the armies of angels who did it;
10You people of Tarshish, you must grow crops in your land instead of trading;
11It is as though Yahweh stretched out his hand over the sea
12He said to the people of Sidon,
13Think about what happened in Babylonia:
14So wail, you sailors on the ships of Tarshish,
15For seventy years, which is as long as kings usually live, people will forget about Tyre. But then it will be rebuilt. What will happen there will be like what happened to a prostitute in this song:
16“You harlot, whom people had forgotten,
17It is true that after seventy years Yahweh will restore Tyre. Their merchants will again earn a lot of money by buying things from and selling things to many other nations [HYP].
18But their profits will be given to Yahweh.