⁴ Be ashamed, Sidon,^(A) and you fortress of the sea,
    for the sea has spoken:
“I have neither been in labor nor given birth;^(B)
    I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.”

⁴ “Do not be afraid;^(A) you will not be put to shame.^(B)
    Do not fear disgrace;^(C) you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth^(D)
    and remember no more the reproach^(E) of your widowhood.^(F)

⁵ For your Maker^(A) is your husband^(B)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One^(C) of Israel is your Redeemer;^(D)
    he is called the God of all the earth.^(E)

⁷ Give her as much torment and grief
    as the glory and luxury she gave herself.^(A)
In her heart she boasts,
    ‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;^[a]
    I will never mourn.’^(B)

⁸ Therefore in one day^(A) her plagues will overtake her:
    death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,^(B)
    for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.