Is this your bustling city founded in the distant past? Is this the city that sent its people to settle in distant lands?
I have seen slaves sitting on horses and influential people going on foot like slaves.
You are a city filled with shouting, a town filled with noise and excitement. Your people weren’t killed with swords. Your dead didn’t die in battle.
Mourn for my people’s land where thorns and briars will grow. Mourn for all the happy homes in a joyful city.
Then it turns at Ramah and goes on to the fortified city of Tyre. The border then turns to Hosah and ends at the Mediterranean Sea. The territory includes Meheleb, Achzib,