"Mortal man," he said, "look toward the mountains of Israel and give them my message.

"Mortal man," he said, "denounce the country of Ammon.

"Mortal man," he said, "denounce the king of Egypt. Tell him how he and all the land of Egypt will be punished.

Your oarsmen were from the cities of Sidon and Arvad. Your own skillful men were the sailors.

"All the princes of the north are there, and so are the Sidonians. Their power once spread terror, but now they go down in disgrace with those killed in battle and are laid to rest, uncircumcised. They share the disgrace of those who go down to the world of the dead.

Canaan's sons---Sidon, the oldest, and Heth---were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.

Wail, you merchants of Sidon! You sent agents

City of Sidon, you are disgraced! The sea and the great ocean depths disown you and say, "I never had any children. I never raised sons or daughters."

(SEE 25:19)

Then the LORD told me to send a message to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through their ambassadors who had come to Jerusalem to see King Zedekiah.

The time has come to destroy Philistia, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon all the help that remains. I, the LORD, will destroy the Philistines, all who came from the shores of Crete.

"What are you trying to do to me, Tyre, Sidon, and all of Philistia? Are you trying to pay me back for something? If you are, I will quickly pay you back!

You have taken the people of Judah and Jerusalem far from their own country and sold them to the Greeks.

I will let your sons and daughters be sold to the people of Judah; they will sell them to the far-off Sabeans. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Hamath, which borders on Hadrach, also belongs to him, and so do the cities of Tyre and Sidon, with all their skill.