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Is this your jubilant city,
Whose origin dates back to antiquity,
Whose feet used to carry her [far away] to colonize distant places?


Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns,
Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?

The Lord of hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty,
To bring into contempt and humiliation all the honored of the earth.

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Is this your city of revelry,(A)
    the old, old city,
whose feet have taken her
    to settle in far-off lands?
Who planned this against Tyre,
    the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants(B) are princes,
    whose traders(C) are renowned in the earth?
The Lord Almighty planned(D) it,
    to bring down(E) her pride in all her splendor
    and to humble(F) all who are renowned(G) on the earth.

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