Isaiah 23
New American Standard Bible 1995
The Fall of Tyre
23 The [a]oracle concerning (A)Tyre.
Wail, O (B)ships of (C)Tarshish,
For Tyre is destroyed, without house or [b](D)harbor;
It is reported to them from the land of [c](E)Cyprus.
2 (F)Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon;
[d]Your messengers crossed the sea
3 And were on many waters.
(G)The grain of the [e](H)Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue;
And she was the (I)market of nations.
4 Be ashamed, O (J)Sidon;
For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying,
“I have neither travailed nor given birth,
I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins.”
5 When the report reaches Egypt,
They will be in (K)anguish at the report of Tyre.
6 Pass over to (L)Tarshish;
Wail, O inhabitants of the coastland.
7 Is this your (M)jubilant city,
Whose origin is from antiquity,
Whose feet used to carry her to [f]colonize distant places?
8 Who has planned this against Tyre, (N)the bestower of crowns,
Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
9 (O)The Lord of hosts has planned it, to (P)defile the pride of all beauty,
To despise all the (Q)honored of the earth.
10 [g]Overflow your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish,
There is no more [h]restraint.
11 He has (R)stretched His hand out (S)over the sea,
He has (T)made the kingdoms tremble;
The Lord has given a command concerning Canaan to (U)demolish its strongholds.
12 He has said, “(V)You shall exult no more, O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, pass over to [i](W)Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.”
13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans—this is the people which was not; (X)Assyria appointed it for (Y)desert creatures—they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, (Z)they made it a ruin.
14 Wail, O (AA)ships of Tarshish,
For your stronghold is destroyed.
15 Now in that day Tyre will be forgotten for (AB)seventy years like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
16 Take your harp, walk about the city,
O forgotten harlot;
Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.
17 It will come about at (AC)the end of seventy years that the Lord will visit Tyre. Then she will go back to her harlot’s wages and will (AD)play the harlot with all the kingdoms [j]on the face of the earth. 18 Her (AE)gain and her harlot’s wages will be (AF)set apart to the Lord; it will not be stored up or hoarded, but her gain will become sufficient food and choice attire for those who dwell in the presence of the Lord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:1 Or burden of
- Isaiah 23:1 Lit entering
- Isaiah 23:1 Heb Kittim
- Isaiah 23:2 So DSS; M.T. Who passed over the sea, they replenished you
- Isaiah 23:3 Heb Shihor
- Isaiah 23:7 Lit sojourn afar off
- Isaiah 23:10 Lit Pass over
- Isaiah 23:10 Perhaps girdle or shipyard
- Isaiah 23:12 Heb Kittim
- Isaiah 23:17 Lit of the earth on the face of the land
Ezekiel 26-28
New American Standard Bible 1995
Judgment on Tyre
26 Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying, 2 “Son of man, because (A)Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the (B)gateway of the peoples is broken; it has [a](C)opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’ 3 therefore thus says the Lord [b]God, ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up (D)many nations against you, as the (E)sea brings up its waves. 4 They will (F)destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; and I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock. 5 She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ declares the Lord God, ‘and she will become (G)spoil for the nations. 6 Also her (H)daughters who are [c]on the mainland will be slain by the sword, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”
7 For thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (I)king of kings, with horses, (J)chariots, cavalry and [d]a great army. 8 He will slay your daughters [e]on the mainland with the sword; and he will make (K)siege walls against you, cast up a (L)ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you. 9 The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls, and with his [f]axes he will break down your towers. 10 Because of the multitude of his (M)horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will (N)shake at the noise of cavalry and [g]wagons and chariots when he (O)enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached. 11 With the hoofs of his (P)horses he will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword; and your strong pillars will (Q)come down to the ground. 12 Also they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your (R)merchandise, (S)break down your walls and destroy your (T)pleasant houses, and [h]throw your stones and your timbers and your debris (U)into the water. 13 So I will [i]silence the sound of your (V)songs, and the sound of your (W)harps will be heard no more. 14 I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be (X)built no more, for I the (Y)Lord have spoken,” declares the Lord God.
15 Thus says the Lord God to Tyre, “Shall not the (Z)coastlands (AA)shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst? 16 Then all the princes of the sea will (AB)go down from their thrones, remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will (AC)clothe themselves with [j]trembling; they will sit on the ground, (AD)tremble every moment and be appalled at you. 17 They will take up a (AE)lamentation over you and say to you,
‘(AF)How you have perished, O inhabited one,
From the seas, O renowned city,
Which was (AG)mighty on the sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who [k]imposed [l]her terror
On all her inhabitants!
18 ‘Now the (AH)coastlands will tremble
On the day of your fall;
Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea
Will be terrified at your (AI)passing.’”
19 For thus says the Lord God, “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I (AJ)bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, 20 then I will bring you down with those who (AK)go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the (AL)lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not [m]be inhabited; but I will set (AM)glory in the land of the living. 21 I will [n]bring (AN)terrors on you and you will be no more; though you will be sought, (AO)you will never be found again,” declares the Lord God.
Lament over Tyre
27 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me saying, 2 “And you, son of man, (AP)take up a lamentation over Tyre; 3 and say to Tyre, (AQ)who dwells at the [o]entrance to the sea, (AR)merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘Thus says the Lord [p]God,
“O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
4 “Your borders are in the heart of the seas;
Your builders have perfected your beauty.
5 “They have [q]made all your planks of fir trees from (AS)Senir;
They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
6 “Of (AT)oaks from (AU)Bashan they have made your oars;
With ivory they have [r]inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of (AV)Cyprus.
7 “Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
So that it became your [s]distinguishing mark;
Your [t]awning was [u](AW)blue and purple from the coastlands of (AX)Elishah.
8 “The inhabitants of Sidon and (AY)Arvad were your rowers;
Your (AZ)wise men, O Tyre, were [v]aboard; they were your pilots.
9 “The elders of (BA)Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your seams;
All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise.
10 “(BB)Persia and (BC)Lud and (BD)Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you; they set forth your splendor. 11 The sons of Arvad and your army were on your walls, all around, and the [w]Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.
12 “Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin and lead they paid for your wares. 13 (BE)Javan, (BF)Tubal and (BG)Meshech, they were your traders; with the (BH)lives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise. 14 Those from (BI)Beth-togarmah gave horses and war horses and mules for your wares. 15 The sons of (BJ)Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were [x]your market; (BK)ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment. 16 (BL)Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your [y]goods; they paid for your wares with (BM)emeralds, purple, (BN)embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies. 17 Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of (BO)Minnith, [z]cakes, honey, oil and balm they paid for your merchandise. 18 (BP)Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your [aa]goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool. 19 Vedan and Javan paid for your wares [ab]from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia and [ac]sweet cane were among your merchandise. 20 (BQ)Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21 (BR)Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were [ad]your customers for (BS)lambs, rams and goats; for these they were your customers. 22 The traders of (BT)Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of (BU)spices, and with all kinds of precious stones and gold. 23 Haran, Canneh, (BV)Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you. 24 They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of [ae]blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise. 25 The (BW)ships of Tarshish were [af]the carriers for your merchandise.
And you were filled and were very [ag]glorious
In the heart of the seas.
26 “Your rowers have brought you
Into (BX)great waters;
The (BY)east wind has broken you
In the heart of the seas.
27 “Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise,
Your sailors and your pilots,
Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise
And all your men of war who are in you,
With all your company that is in your midst,
Will fall into the heart of the seas
On the day of your overthrow.
28 “At the sound of the cry of your pilots
The pasture lands will (BZ)shake.
29 “All who handle the oar,
The (CA)sailors and all the pilots of the sea
Will come down from their ships;
They will stand on the land,
30 And they will (CB)make their voice heard over you
And will cry bitterly.
They will (CC)cast dust on their heads,
They will (CD)wallow in ashes.
31 “Also they will make themselves (CE)bald for you
And (CF)gird themselves with sackcloth;
And they will (CG)weep for you in bitterness of soul
With bitter mourning.
32 “Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a (CH)lamentation for you
And lament over you:
‘Who is like Tyre,
Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?
33 ‘When your wares went out from the seas,
You satisfied many peoples;
With the (CI)abundance of your wealth and your merchandise
You enriched the kings of earth.
34 ‘[ah]Now that you are (CJ)broken by the seas
In the depths of the waters,
Your (CK)merchandise and all your company
Have fallen in the midst of you.
35 ‘All the (CL)inhabitants of the coastlands
Are appalled at you,
And their kings are horribly afraid;
They are troubled in countenance.
36 ‘The merchants among the peoples (CM)hiss at you;
You have become [ai]terrified
And you (CN)will cease to be forever.’”’”
Tyre’s King Overthrown
28 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, say to the [aj]leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord [ak]God,
“Because your heart is lifted up
And you have said, ‘(CO)I am a god,
I sit in the seat of [al]gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a (CP)man and not God,
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—
3 Behold, you are wiser than (CQ)Daniel;
There is no secret that is a match for you.
4 “By your wisdom and understanding
You have acquired (CR)riches for yourself
And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.
5 “By your great wisdom, by your (CS)trade
You have increased your riches
And your (CT)heart is lifted up because of your riches—
6 Therefore thus says the Lord God,
‘Because you have (CU)made your heart
Like the heart of God,
7 Therefore, behold, I will bring (CV)strangers upon you,
The (CW)most ruthless of the nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And defile your splendor.
8 ‘They will bring you down to the pit,
And you will die the (CX)death of those who are slain
In the heart of the seas.
9 ‘Will you still say, “I am a god,”
In the presence of your slayer,
Though you are a man and not God,
In the hands of those who wound you?
10 ‘You will die the death of the (CY)uncircumcised
By the hand of strangers,
For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord God!”’”
11 Again the word of the Lord came to me saying, 12 “Son of man, (CZ)take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“You [am]had the seal of perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 “You were in (DA)Eden, the garden of God;
(DB)Every precious stone was your covering:
The (DC)ruby, the topaz and the diamond;
The beryl, the onyx and the jasper;
The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald;
And the gold, the workmanship of your [an](DD)settings and [ao]sockets,
Was in you.
On the day that you were created
They were prepared.
14 “You were the (DE)anointed cherub who [ap]covers,
And I placed you there.
You were on the holy (DF)mountain of God;
You walked in the midst of the (DG)stones of fire.
15 “You were (DH)blameless in your ways
From the day you were created
Until (DI)unrighteousness was found in you.
16 “By the (DJ)abundance of your trade
[aq]You were internally (DK)filled with violence,
And you sinned;
Therefore I have cast you as profane
From the mountain of God.
And I have destroyed you, O [ar]covering cherub,
From the midst of the stones of fire.
17 “Your heart was lifted up because of your (DL)beauty;
You (DM)corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I put you before (DN)kings,
That they may see you.
18 “By the multitude of your iniquities,
In the unrighteousness of your trade
You profaned your sanctuaries.
Therefore I have brought (DO)fire from the midst of you;
It has consumed you,
And I have turned you to (DP)ashes on the earth
In the eyes of all who see you.
19 “All who know you among the peoples
Are appalled at you;
You have become [as](DQ)terrified
And you will cease to be (DR)forever.”’”
Judgment of Sidon
20 And the word of the Lord came to me saying, 21 “Son of man, (DS)set your face toward (DT)Sidon, prophesy against her 22 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,
And I will [at]be glorified in your midst.
Then they will know that I am the Lord when I (DU)execute judgments in her,
And I will manifest My holiness in her.
23 “For (DV)I will send pestilence to her
And blood to her streets,
And the (DW)wounded will [au]fall in her midst
By the sword upon her on every side;
Then they will know that I am the Lord.
24 And there will be no more for the house of Israel a (DX)prickling brier or a painful thorn from any round about them who scorned them; then they will know that I am the Lord God.”
Israel Regathered
25 ‘Thus says the Lord God, “When I (DY)gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and will manifest My holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they will (DZ)live in their [av]land which I gave to My servant Jacob. 26 They will (EA)live in it securely; and they will (EB)build houses, plant vineyards and live securely when I (EC)execute judgments upon all who scorn them round about them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.”’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 26:2 Lit turned
- Ezekiel 26:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 26:6 Lit in the field
- Ezekiel 26:7 Lit an assembly, even many people
- Ezekiel 26:8 Lit in the field
- Ezekiel 26:9 Lit swords
- Ezekiel 26:10 Lit wheels
- Ezekiel 26:12 Lit put
- Ezekiel 26:13 Lit cause to cease
- Ezekiel 26:16 Lit tremblings
- Ezekiel 26:17 Lit put
- Ezekiel 26:17 Lit their
- Ezekiel 26:20 Or return
- Ezekiel 26:21 Lit give you terrors
- Ezekiel 27:3 Lit entrances
- Ezekiel 27:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 27:5 Lit built
- Ezekiel 27:6 Lit made
- Ezekiel 27:7 Or standard
- Ezekiel 27:7 Lit covering
- Ezekiel 27:7 Or violet
- Ezekiel 27:8 Lit in you
- Ezekiel 27:11 Or valorous ones
- Ezekiel 27:15 Lit the market of your hand
- Ezekiel 27:16 Lit works
- Ezekiel 27:17 Heb pannag
- Ezekiel 27:18 Lit works
- Ezekiel 27:19 Or with yarn
- Ezekiel 27:19 Or calamus
- Ezekiel 27:21 Lit customers of your hand
- Ezekiel 27:24 Or violet
- Ezekiel 27:25 Lit your travelers
- Ezekiel 27:25 Lit honored
- Ezekiel 27:34 Lit The time
- Ezekiel 27:36 Lit terrors
- Ezekiel 28:2 Or ruler, prince
- Ezekiel 28:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- Ezekiel 28:2 Or God
- Ezekiel 28:12 Lit were the one sealing a pattern
- Ezekiel 28:13 Or tambourines
- Ezekiel 28:13 Or flutes
- Ezekiel 28:14 Or guards
- Ezekiel 28:16 Lit They filled your midst
- Ezekiel 28:16 Or guardian
- Ezekiel 28:19 Lit terrors
- Ezekiel 28:22 Or glorify Myself
- Ezekiel 28:23 Or be judged
- Ezekiel 28:25 Lit ground
Joel 3:4-8
New American Standard Bible 1995
4 Moreover, what are you to Me, O (A)Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of (B)Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will (C)return your recompense on your head. 5 Since you have (D)taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious [a]treasures to your temples, 6 and sold the (E)sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the [b]Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory, 7 behold, I am going to (F)arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head. 8 Also I will (G)sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the (H)Sabeans, to a distant nation,” for the Lord has spoken.
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Matthew 11:21
New American Standard Bible 1995
21 “(A)Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, (B)Bethsaida! For if the [a]miracles had occurred in (C)Tyre and (D)Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in [b](E)sackcloth and ashes.
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- Matthew 11:21 Or works of power
- Matthew 11:21 I.e. symbols of mourning
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