Yeshayah (Isaiah) 23
23
1The message concerning Tsor. Howl, you ships of Tarshish! For it has been destroyed, without house, without harbour. From the land of Kittim it has been revealed to them.
2Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants of Tsiḏon, who passed over the sea, they filled you.
3And on great waters the grain of Shiḥor, the harvest of the River, was her increase. And she was a market-place for the nations.
4Be ashamed, O Tsiḏon, for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have not laboured, nor brought forth children; neither have I reared young men, brought up maidens.”
5Like the report of Mitsrayim, they too are grieved at the report of Tsor.
6Pass over to Tarshish; wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!
7Is this your city of revelry, whose antiquity is from days of old, whose feet carried her far off to sojourn?
8Who has counselled this against Tsor, the crowning city, whose merchants are chiefs, whose traders are the esteemed of the earth?
9יהוה of hosts has counselled it, to defile the pride of all splendour, and to shame all the esteemed of the earth.
10Overflow through your land like the River, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no more strength.
11He has stretched out His hand over the sea, He shook the reigns; יהוה has given a command against Kena‛an to destroy its strongholds.
12And He said, “Never again shall you exult, O you oppressed maiden daughter of Tsiḏon. Arise, pass over to Kittim, even there you shall find no rest.”
13See the land of the Kasdim – this people did not exist. Ashshur founded it for wild beasts of the desert. They set up their siege-towers, they demolished her palaces, and made her a ruin.
14Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!
15And in that day it shall be that Tsor is forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one sovereign. At the end of seventy years it shall be to Tsor as in the song of the whore:
16“Take a lyre, go about the city, you forgotten whore; make sweet playing, sing many songs, so that you might be remembered.”
17And at the end of seventy years it shall be that יהוה visits Tsor. And she shall return to her harlot-fee and commit whoring with all the reigns of the earth on the face of the soil.
18And her goods and her harlot-fee shall be set apart for יהוה, not treasured nor laid up, for her gain is for those who dwell before יהוה, to eat sufficiently, and for a choice covering.
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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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