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
Tyre Will Be Punished
1This is the divine revelation about Tyre.
Cry loudly, you ships of Tarshish!
Your port at Tyre is destroyed.
Word has come to the ships from Cyprus.
2Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants from Sidon.
Your messengers have crossed the sea.
3The grain of Shihor is on the Mediterranean.
The harvest of the Nile River is brought to Tyre.
Tyre became the marketplace for the nations.
4Be ashamed, Sidon, because the stronghold by the sea has spoken,
“I’ve never been in labor or given birth.
I’ve raised no sons.
I’ve brought up no daughters.”
5When the news reaches Egypt,
the Egyptians will shudder over the news about Tyre.
6Travel to Tarshish!
Cry loudly, you inhabitants of the seacoast!
7Is this your bustling city founded in the distant past?
Is this the city that sent its people to settle in distant lands?
8Who planned such a thing against Tyre, the city that produced kings?
Its merchants are princes.
Its traders are among the honored people of the world.
9The Lord of Armies planned this
in order to dishonor all arrogant people
and to humiliate all the honored people of the world.
10Travel through your country like the Nile, people of Tarshish.
You no longer have a harbor.
11The Lord has stretched his hand over the sea to shake kingdoms.
He has commanded that Canaan’s fortifications be destroyed.
12He says, “You will no longer be joyful,
my dear abused people Sidon.”
Get up, and travel to Cyprus.
Even there you will find no rest.
13Look at the land of the Babylonians.
These people will be gone.
Assyria gave this land to the desert animals.
Assyria set up battle towers,
stripped palaces bare,
and turned these places into ruins.
14Cry loudly, you ships of Tarshish, because your fortress will be destroyed. 15When that day comes, Tyre will be forgotten for 70 years, the lifetime of one king. At the end of the 70 years, Tyre will be like the prostitute in this song:
16“Take your lyre.
Go around in the city, you forgotten prostitute.
Make sweet music.
Sing many songs so that you’ll be remembered.”
17At the end of 70 years the Lord will come to help Tyre. Then she will go back to earning money as a prostitute. She will become a prostitute for all the world’s kingdoms. 18Her profits and her earnings will be turned over to the Lord for his holy purpose. It won’t be stored or hoarded. Her merchandise will belong to those who live in the presence of the Lord so that they will have plenty of food and expensive clothing.
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