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Tyre is Rebuked

23 A message[a] concerning Tyre.

“Wail, you ships of Tarshish,
for Tyre is destroyed
        and is without house or harbor!
From the land of Cyprus[b]
it was revealed to them.

“Be silent,[c] you inhabitants of the coast,
    you merchants of Sidon,
        whose messengers crossed over the sea,[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:1 Lit. An oracle
  2. Isaiah 23:1 Lit. of the Kittim
  3. Isaiah 23:2 So 1QIsaa 4QIsaa MT; LXX reads To whom are they like?
  4. Isaiah 23:2 So 1QIsaa 4QIsaa LXX; MT reads you whom the merchants of Sidon, passing over the sea, have replenished

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.

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

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