He said, “You shall rejoice no more,
He declares that oppressed virgin daughter Sidon will rejoice no more even if she flees.
This verse removes hope of easy escape from the judgment.
1This is the burden against Tyre: 2Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, 3On the great waters 4Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, 5When the report reaches Egypt, 6Cross over to Tarshish; 7Is this your jubilant city, 8Who planned this against Tyre, 9The LORD of Hosts planned it, 10Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; 11The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; 12He said, “You shall rejoice no more, 13Look at the land of the Chaldeans — 14Wail, O ships of Tarshish, 15At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years— the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot: 16“Take up your harp, 17And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. 18Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.