11. The Lord has stretched out his hand over the seaand made its kingdoms tremble.He has given an order concerning Phoeniciathat her fortresses be destroyed.
12. He said, ‘No more of your revelling,Virgin Daughter Sidon, now crushed!‘Up, cross over to Cyprus;even there you will find no rest.’
13. Look at the land of the Babylonians,this people that is now of no account!The Assyrians have made ita place for desert creatures;they raised up their siege towers,they stripped its fortresses bareand turned it into a ruin.
14. Wail, you ships of Tarshish;your fortress is destroyed!