Isaiah 23
23
Shaking Tyre and Sidon
1The burden of Tyre. Wail, ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed. There is no house and no harbor. From the land of Cyprus, it was revealed to them.
2Be still, inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, your messengers crossing the sea.
3On many waters the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile was her revenue and a marketplace of nations.
4Be ashamed, O Sidon. For the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have not writhed or given birth. I have not reared young men or brought up maidens.”
5When the report reaches Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report about Tyre.
6Cross over to Tarshish. Wail, you inhabitants of the island!
7Is this your jubilant city? Whose antiquity is from long ago, whose feet have taken her to settle in far off lands?
8Who planned this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of earth?
9Adonai-Tzva’ot has planned it, to defile the pride of all glory, to shame all the honored of earth.
10Overflow through your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish! There is no restraint any more.
11His hand has stretched out over the sea, He has shaken the kingdoms. Adonai has given a commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy its strongholds.
12He said, “You will exult no more.” O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, cross over to Cyprus— even there you will have no rest.
13Look, the land of the Chaldeans— this is the people who no longer exist. Assyria set it up for desert animals. They set up their siege towers; they stripped its palaces; they made it a ruin.
14Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For your stronghold is destroyed.
15Then it will come about in that day that Tyre will be forgotten for 70 years, like the days of one king. At the end of 70 years it will happen to Tyre just as in the song of the prostitute:
16“Take a harp, stroll about the city, forgotten harlot! Skillfully play many songs, so you may be remembered.”
17Then it will come about after the end of 70 years that Adonai will take note of Tyre. She will return to her trade and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
18 Yet her profit and her wages will be set apart to Adonai. They will not be stored up or hoarded. For her profit will be for those who dwell in the presence of Adonai, as ample food and as fine clothing.
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Isaiah 23
23
Concerning Tyre
1An oracle about Tyre.
Wail, ships of Tarshish,
because your port is destroyed!#23.1 Heb uncertain
When returning from Cyprus, they heard about it.
2Be still, inhabitants of the coast, traders of Sidon,
whose messengers crossed over the sea,#23.2 Correction; MT one crossing over the sea filled you
3over the mighty waters.
The grain of Shihor, the Nile’s harvest, was her income;
she was the marketplace of nations.
4Be ashamed, Sidon, because the sea has spoken;
the fortress of the sea has said,
“I haven’t been in labor; I didn’t give birth;
I never raised young men or brought up young women.”
5When the Egyptians hear,
they will be in anguish at the news about Tyre.
6Cross over to Tarshish;
wail, inhabitants of the coast.
7Is this your triumphant town,
whose origin is from ancient times,
whose feet carried her to settle far away?
8Who planned this concerning Tyre,
the one who gives crowns,
whose merchants were princes,
whose traders were the honored of the earth?
9The LORD of heavenly forces planned it,
to defile the pride of all beauty,
to shame all the honored of the earth.
10Go through your own land, Daughter Tarshish,
for the harbor#23.10 Heb uncertain is gone.
11God’s hand is extended over the sea, shaking nations.
The LORD gave the command to destroy Phoenicia’s fortresses,
12saying, You will no longer celebrate,
violated virgin Daughter Sidon.
Get up and head to Cyprus;
even there you will find no rest.
13Look at the land of the Chaldeans,
the people who are no more.
Assyria destined it for wild animals:
they raised up their siege towers,
stripped its palaces,
and made it a ruin.
14Wail, ships of Tarshish,
for your fortress is destroyed!
15On that day, Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, the lifetime of one king. At the end of seventy years, Tyre will become like the prostitute in the song:
16Take a harp, go around the city, forgotten prostitute.
Play well, sing many songs, so they’ll remember you.
17At the end of seventy years, the LORD will visit Tyre. She will return to her trade and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms on the earth. 18Her profits and wages will be sacred to the LORD. They won’t be stored or saved. Her profits will go to those living before the LORD, for plentiful food and elegant clothes.
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