And they will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise; they shall break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses, and your stones and timber and soil they shall cast into the midst of the sea. The plundering and destruction is so complete that Tyre's very materials (stones, timber, soil) will be removed and dispersed into the sea, suggesting not merely conquest but the erasure of the city itself from the landscape. This total destruction—economic spoliation, architectural demolition, and material dispersal—indicates that nothing will remain of Tyre's former glory. The casting of materials into the sea inverts the maritime commerce that once enriched Tyre.

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