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¹ From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them. ² Whom those who cross the sea have filled. ³ And she is a marketplace for the nations. ⁴ Nor bring up virgins.” ⁵ They also will be in agony at the report of Tyre. ⁶ Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland! ⁷ Whose feet carried her far off to dwell? ⁸ Whose traders are the honorable of the earth? ⁹ To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth. ¹⁰ There is no more strength. ¹¹ To destroy its strongholds. ¹² There also you will have no rest.” ¹³ And brought it to ruin. ¹⁴ For your strength is laid waste. ¹⁵ Now it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot: ¹⁶ That you may be remembered.” ¹⁷ And it shall be, at the end of seventy years, that the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her hire, and commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. ¹⁸ Her gain and her pay will be set apart for the Lord; it will not be treasured nor laid up, for her gain will be for those who dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for fine clothing.