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Isaiah 23:1-2
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A Prophecy About Tyre

23 An oracle about Tyre.

Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
Because Tyre has been destroyed—
no more house or harbor![a]
This is the news they heard from Cyprus.[b]
2 Be silent, you who live along the coast,
you merchants of Sidon,
whose agents have crossed the sea[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:1 The meaning of this line is uncertain.
  2. Isaiah 23:1 Hebrew Kittim, a term which may include other areas of the Mediterranean besides Cyprus
  3. Isaiah 23:2 The translation follows a reading from the Hebrew Dead Sea Scroll of Isaiah. The literal reading in the Masoretic text is the one passing over the sea they have replenished you.
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Isaiah 23:1-2
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A Prophecy Against Tyre

23 A prophecy against Tyre:(A)

Wail,(B) you ships(C) of Tarshish!(D)
    For Tyre is destroyed(E)
    and left without house or harbor.
From the land of Cyprus
    word has come to them.

2 Be silent,(F) you people of the island
    and you merchants(G) of Sidon,(H)
    whom the seafarers have enriched.

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