The grain from the Nile, the harvest of the river, was Sidon's revenue; yet now the grain industry that had enriched the coast will be disrupted by the fall of Tyre. The specificity regarding grain supplies emphasizes that economic disruption has real effects on livelihood and survival, not merely on wealth and status. The focus on grain establishes the oracle's concern with the material foundations of life and the way that political judgment disrupts the practical systems through which humans sustain themselves. The river—the Nile—connects the oracle to Egypt and the wider region, suggesting that Tyre's fall will affect the grain trade that connected Egypt to the Mediterranean world. This verse grounds the oracle in economic reality while maintaining its theological significance.

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