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"With the hoofs of his ^(C1)horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong ^(F1)pillars will ^(C2)go down to the ground.

"Also they will take your riches as spoils and plunder your ^(C1)merchandise, ^(C2)tear down your walls and destroy your ^(C3)delightful houses, and ^(F1)throw your stones, your timbers, and your debris ^(C4)into the water.

"So I will put an end to the sound of your ^(C1)songs, and the sound of your ^(C2)harps will no longer be heard.

"I will turn you into a bare rock; you will become a dry place for the spreading of nets. You will not be ^(C1)rebuilt, for I the ^(C2)LORD have spoken," declares the Lord GOD.

The Lord GOD says this to Tyre: "Will the ^(C1)coastlands not ^(C2)shake from the sound of your downfall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter takes place in your midst?

"Then all the princes of the sea will ^(C1)descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their colorfully woven garments. They will ^(C2)clothe themselves with ^(F1)trembling; they will sit on the ground, ^(C3)tremble again and again, and be appalled at you.

"And they will take up a ^(C1)song of mourning over you and say to you, '^(C2)How you have perished, you inhabited one, From the seas, you famous city, Which was ^(C3)mighty on the sea, She and her inhabitants, Who imposed ^(F1)her terror On all her inhabitants!

-'Now the ^(C1)coastlands will tremble On the day of your downfall; Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea Will be horrified at your ^(C2)passing.'"

For this is what the Lord GOD says: "When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I ^(C1)bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you,