Isaiah 23:1-8

A prophecy for Tyre and Sidon: Wail, you cargo ships of Tarshish! For Tyre, your port city, has fallen without a house or a harbor! Word has come to them from the land of Cyprus. Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast and you merchants of Sidon, once thronged by seafarers. On the great waters your revenue was the grain from the Nile basin. The harvest of the Nile was your revenue. You were merchants who traded with the nations. Sidon, be ashamed, for the sea, the stronghold of the sea, declares, “I have never gone into labor to give birth to children, nor have I raised up sons or daughters.” When the Egyptians hear it, they will be stunned over the destruction of Tyre. Cross over to Tarshish. Wail, you inhabitants of the coast. Is this your once boisterous city, founded so long ago? Is this the city that once sent settlers over the sea? Who has planned this for imperial Tyre, who once wore her crown? Your merchants were nobles, and your traders were honored by the world.