<p class="poetry">I am ready to vindicate,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I am ready to deliver,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will establish justice among the nations.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The coastlands<n id="4" /> wait patiently for me;p> <p class="poetry">they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Go west<n id="1" /> across the sea to the coasts of Cyprus<n id="2" /> and see.p> <p class="poetry">Send someone east to Kedar<n id="3" /> and have them look carefully.p> <p class="poetry">See if such a thing as this has ever happened:p>

all the kings of Tyre,<n id="1" /> all the kings of Sidon;<n id="2" /> all the kings of the coastlands along the sea;<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">Hear what the <sc>Lordsc> has to say, O nations.p> <p class="poetry">Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea.p> <p class="poetry">Say, &#8220;The one who scattered Israel will regather them.p> <p class="poetry">He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst!

<p class="poetry">Fine linen from Egypt, woven with patterns, was used for your sailp> <p class="poetry">to serve as your banner;p> <p class="poetry">blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah<n id="1" /> was used for your deck&#8217;s awning.p>

Then he will turn his attention<n id="1" /> to the coastal regions and will capture many of them. But a commander<n id="2" /> will bring his shameful conduct to a halt; in addition,<n id="3" /> he will make him pay for his shameful conduct.<n id="4" />

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> will terrify them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> he will weaken<n id="3" /> all the gods of the earth.p> <p class="poetry">All the distant nations will worship the <sc>Lordsc> in their own lands.<n id="4" />p>

At that time<n id="1" /> the sovereign master<n id="2" /> will again lift his hand<n id="3" /> to reclaim<n id="4" /> the remnant of his people<n id="5" /> from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros,<n id="6" /> Cush,<n id="7" /> Elam, Shinar,<n id="8" /> Hamath, and the seacoasts.<n id="9" />p>

At that time<n id="1" /> those who live on this coast<n id="2" /> will say, &#8216;Look what has happened to our source of hope to whom we fled for help, expecting to be rescued from the king of Assyria! How can we escape now?&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, the coastlands<n id="1" /> look eagerly for me,p> <p class="poetry">the large ships<n id="2" /> are in the lead,p> <p class="poetry">bringing your sons from far away,p> <p class="poetry">along with their silver and gold,p> <p class="poetry">to honor the <sc>Lordsc> your God,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the Holy One of Israel,<n id="4" /> for he has bestowed honor on you.p>

I will perform a mighty act among them<n id="1" /> and then send some of those who remain to the nations &#8211; to Tarshish, Pul,<n id="2" /> Lud<n id="3" /> (known for its archers<n id="4" />), Tubal, Javan,<n id="5" /> and to the distant coastlands<n id="6" /> that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor.

<p class="poetry">For the time has comep> <p class="poetry">to destroy all the Philistines.p> <p class="poetry">The time has come to destroy all the helpp> <p class="poetry">that remains for Tyre<n id="1" /> and Sidon.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For I, the <sc>Lordsc>, will<n id="3" /> destroy the Philistines,p> <p class="poetry">that remnant that came from the island of Crete.<n id="4" />p>

Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance<n id="1" /> of the sea,<n id="2" /> merchant to the peoples on many coasts, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;O Tyre, you have said, &#8220;I am perfectly beautiful.&#8221;p>