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God’s Message to Lebanon

23 This is a message about Tyre:

You trading ships, cry!
    The houses and harbor of Tyre are destroyed.
This news came to the ships
    from the land of Cyprus.
Be silent, you who live on the island of Tyre;
    you merchants of Sidon, be silent.
    Sailors have made you rich.
They traveled the sea to bring grain from Egypt;
    the sailors of Tyre brought grain from the Nile Valley
    and sold it to other nations.

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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.

Be silent,(F) you people of the island
    and you merchants(G) of Sidon,(H)
    whom the seafarers have enriched.
On the great waters
    came the grain of the Shihor;(I)
the harvest of the Nile[a](J) was the revenue of Tyre,(K)
    and she became the marketplace of the nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:3 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls Sidon, / who cross over the sea; / your envoys are on the great waters. / The grain of the Shihor, / the harvest of the Nile,