Isaiah 23
23
An Oracle Concerning Tyre
1#Joel 3:4–8; Ge 10:4The oracle of Tyre.
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
for Tyre is laid waste
so that there is no house or harbor;
from the land of Cyprus
it is reported to them.
2#Isa 47:5 Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland,
you merchants of Sidon;
your messengers passed over the sea,
3#1Ch 13:5; Jer 2:18 and were on many waters;
the grain of the Nile,
the harvest of the River#Nile River. was her revenue;
and she was the market of nations.
4Be ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea has spoken,
even the stronghold of the sea, saying,
“I have not travailed nor brought forth children;
neither have I brought up young men nor raised virgins.”
5#Ex 15:14–16; Jos 2:9–11 When the report reaches Egypt,
they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
6#Isa 23:12 Pass over to Tarshish;
wail, O inhabitants of the coastland.
7#Isa 22:2 Is this your joyous city,
whose origin is from ancient days,
whose feet used to carry her
to sojourn in distant locations?
8Who has planned this against Tyre,
the crowning city,
whose merchants are princes,
whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
9#Isa 13:11; Job 40:11–12 The Lord of Hosts has purposed it,
to stain the pride of all glory
and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
10Pass through your land as the Nile,
O daughter of Tarshish;
there is no more restraint.
11#Zec 9:3–4; Ex 14:21 He stretched out His hand over the sea,
He shook the kingdoms;
the Lord has given a command against the merchant city,
to destroy its strongholds.
12#Rev 18:22; Isa 23:1–2 He said: You shall rejoice no more,
O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, pass over to Cyprus;
there also you shall have no rest.
13Look at the land of the Chaldeans;
this was a people who was not;
Assyria founded it
for those who dwell in the wilderness.
They set up their siege towers,
they stripped its palaces,
and brought it to ruin.
14#Isa 23:1 Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
for your stronghold is laid waste.
15#Jer 25:22In that day Tyre shall be forgotten for seventy years, according to the days of one king. After the end of seventy years Tyre shall sing as a harlot:
16Take your harp, go about the city,
O forgotten harlot;
make sweet melody, sing many songs,
that you may be remembered.
17#Na 3:4At the end of seventy years, the Lord will punish Tyre. Then she shall turn to her harlot’s wages and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. 18#Ps 72:10Her merchandise and her harlot’s wages shall be set apart to the Lord. It shall not be treasured nor stored up, for her merchandise shall be for those who dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for choice clothing.
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Isaiah 23
23
The Burden against Tyre
(Ezekiel 26:1–21)
1This is the burden against Tyre:
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,#23:1 Or Wail, O fleet of trading ships; also in verse 14
for Tyre is laid waste,
without house or harbor.
Word has reached them
from the land of Cyprus.#23:1 Hebrew Kittim; also in verse 12
2Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland,
you merchants of Sidon,
whose traders have crossed the sea.#23:2 DSS and LXX; MT whom the seafarers have enriched
3On the great waters
came the grain of Shihor;
the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre;
she was the merchant of the nations.
4Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea,
for the sea has spoken:
“I have not been in labor
or given birth.
I have not raised young men
or brought up young women.”
5When the report reaches Egypt,
they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
6Cross over to Tarshish;
wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
7Is this your jubilant city,
whose origin is from antiquity,
whose feet have taken her
to settle far away?
8Who planned this against Tyre,
the bestower of crowns,
whose traders are princes,
whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
9The Lord of Hosts planned it,
to defile all its glorious beauty,
to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
10Cultivate #23:10 DSS and some LXX manuscripts; MT Overflow your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish;
there is no longer a harbor.
11The Lord has stretched out His hand over the sea;
He has made kingdoms tremble.
He has given a command
that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
12He said, “You shall rejoice no more,
O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon.
Get up and cross over to Cyprus—
even there you will find no rest.”
13Look at the land of the Chaldeans #23:13 That is, the Babylonians—
a people now of no account.
The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures;
they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces.
They brought it to ruin.
14Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
for your harbor has been destroyed!
15At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
16“Take up your harp,
stroll through the city,
O forgotten harlot.
Make sweet melody,
sing many a song,
so you will be remembered.”
17And at the end of seventy years, the Lord will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. 18Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the Lord; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the Lord, for abundant food and fine clothing.
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