JMNT(i)
11 "And the merchants (sea traders) of the Land (or: earth) [are] continually weeping and mourning upon (over) her, because no one continues buying their cargo (merchandise) any longer:
12 "a cargo of gold, and of silver, and of precious stones, and of pearls, and of fine cotton, and of purple, and of silk, and of scarlet (crimson), and every aromatic (thyme or citron) wood, and every ivory utensil (or: vessel), and every utensil (vessel) [made] out of precious wood and of copper (or: bronze) and of iron and of shining marble,
13 "also cinnamon [grown in Arabia & Syria] and amomum [fragrant white vine from India], and incenses and essential oil [aromatic juices from trees; used for anointing] and frankincense [from Mt. Lebanon and Arabia], and wine and olive oil, and the finest flour, and grain and cattle and sheep and horses and four-wheeled chariots (carriages; coaches), even bodies and souls (or: = lives) of people.
14 "And the fruit season (or: autumn; ripe fruits) of your soul’s earnest desire (yearning) went away (passes away) from you, and all the fat (sumptuous) things and the bright, shining things destroyed themselves (became lost; perished) from you, and no longer may you by any means find [other MSS: will they continue finding] them.
15 "The merchants of these things – those becoming rich from her – will proceed standing away at a distance, because of the fear of her testing (examination) with the touchstone, continually weeping and mourning,
16 "saying repeatedly, 'Woe, tragic [is] the great city – the one being clothed in fine cotton and purple and crimson (scarlet), and being overlaid (gilded; adorned) in gold and precious stone and pearls – because in one hour so much wealth (so great riches) is (or: was) laid waste (made desolate; made as a desert).'
17 "And every navigator (helmsman; one who steers), and everyone repeatedly (habitually) sailing upon a place, and sailors (ship men; seamen; mariners), and as many as are continually working the sea, stand (or: stood) away at a distance,
18 "and, continuously observing the smoke of her burning, they were crying out, repeatedly saying, 'What [exists] like the Great City?'
19 "And they cast dust (loose earth) upon their heads, and were uttering cries, continually weeping and mourning, repeatedly saying, 'Woe, tragic [is] the Great City in which all those having ships in the sea became rich from out of her valuable merchandise (or: preciousness; estimated worth; imputed value), because in one hour she was laid waste (made like a desert).'