23 This message came to me concerning Tyre: are all true. 2 Mourn in silence, you people of the coast Your traders crossed the sea, 3 sailing over deep waters. You were the marketplace of the world. 4 But now you are put to shame, city of Sidon, I have no sons or daughters.” 5 When Egypt hears the news about Tyre, there will be great sorrow. 6 Send word now to Tarshish! Wail, you people who live in distant lands! 7 Is this silent ruin all that is left of your once joyous city? Think of all the colonists you sent to distant places. 8 Who has brought this disaster on Tyre, her merchants were nobles. 9 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has done it and bring low all earth’s nobility. 10 Come, people of Tarshish, for Tyre is defenseless. 11 The LORD held out his hand over the sea ordering that her fortresses be destroyed. 12 He says, “Never again will you rejoice, you will find no rest.” 13 Look at the land of Babylonia— and turned it to a heap of rubble. 14 Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for your harbor is destroyed! 15 For seventy years, the length of a king’s life, Tyre will be forgotten. But then the city will come back to life as in the song about the prostitute: 16 Take a harp and walk the streets, so you will be remembered again. 17 Yes, after seventy years the LORD will revive Tyre. But she will be no different than she was before. She will again be a prostitute to all kingdoms around the world. 18 But in the end her profits will be given to the LORD. Her wealth will not be hoarded but will provide good food and fine clothing for the LORD’s priests.