Isaiah 23:1-4

1This message came to me concerning Tyre: Wail, you trading ships of Tarshish, for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone! The rumors you heard in Cyprus are all true.

2Mourn in silence, you people of the coast and you merchants of Sidon. Your traders crossed the sea,

3sailing over deep waters. They brought you grain from Egypt and harvests from along the Nile. You were the marketplace of the world.

4But now you are put to shame, city of Sidon, for Tyre, the fortress of the sea, says, “Now I am childless; I have no sons or daughters.”