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Behold!
"Look!" or "Listen!" or "Pay attention to what I am about to tell you!"
I will raise up many nations against you like the sea raises its waves
Here the word "nations" refers to their armies. AT: "I will gather armies from many nations that will beat against you like the waves in the raging sea" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
I will sweep her dust away and make her like a bare rock
Yahweh speaks of how he will cause Tyre to be completely destroyed. AT: "I will cause the armies to completely destroy the city, and they will leave nothing there" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)