Seafarers mourn from afar

17for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste. And every shipmaster, and everyone sailing to a place, and sailors, and as many as work the sea, stood far off

18And they cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, “What city is like the great city?”

19And they threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and mourning, saying, “Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich from her wealth, because in one hour she has been laid waste.”