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Isaiah 23
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An Oracle Concerning 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 revealed 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 [e]grain of [f](H)Shihor, the harvest of the Nile was her revenue;
And she was the nations’ (I)gain.
4 Be ashamed, O (J)Sidon;
For the sea speaks, the strong defense of the sea, saying,
“I have neither travailed nor given birth;
I have neither brought up choice men nor reared virgins.”
5 When the report reaches Egypt,
They will be in (K)travail at the report of Tyre.
6 Pass over to (L)Tarshish;
Wail, O inhabitants of the coastland.
7 Is this your (M)exultant city,
Whose origin is from days of old,
Whose feet used to lead her to sojourn in distant places?

8 Who has counseled this against Tyre, (N)the bestower of crowns,
Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
9 (O)Yahweh of hosts has counseled it, to (P)defile the pride of all beauty,
To make contemptuous 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;
Yahweh has given a command concerning Canaan to (U)demolish its strong defenses.

12 So He 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 established 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 strong defense is destroyed.

15 Now it will be in that day, that 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 And it will be at (AC)the end of seventy years that Yahweh 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 And her (AE)gain and her harlot’s wages will be (AF)set apart to Yahweh; it will not be treasured up or hoarded, but her gain will become sufficient food and choice attire for those who inhabit the presence of Yahweh.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:1 Or burden of
  2. Isaiah 23:1 Lit entering
  3. Isaiah 23:1 Heb Kittim
  4. Isaiah 23:2 As in DSS; M.T. Who passed over the sea, they replenished you
  5. Isaiah 23:3 Lit seed
  6. Isaiah 23:3 Part of the Nile
  7. Isaiah 23:10 Lit Pass over
  8. Isaiah 23:10 Possibly girdle, shipyard
  9. Isaiah 23:12 Heb Kittim
  10. Isaiah 23:17 Lit of the earth on the face of the land
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Isaiah 23
Lexham English Bible

Oracle against Tyre

23 The oracle of Tyre:

Wail, ships of Tarshish, for the house is destroyed so that no one can enter;[a]
    it is announced to them from the land of Cyprus.
2 Be still, inhabitants of the coast,
    merchant of Sidon, who travels over the sea, they filled you.
3 And on the great waters is the seed of Shihor,
    the harvest of the Nile is its produce,
    and she was the merchandise of the nations.
4 Be ashamed, Sidon, for the sea,
    the fortress of the sea said, saying,
“I was not in labor,
    and I have not given birth,
and I have not reared young men,
    brought[b] up young women.”
5 When the report comes to Egypt,
    they will be in anguish at the report about[c] Tyre.
6 Cross over to Tarshish!
    Wail, inhabitants of the coast!
7 Is this your exultant one,[d] her origin from the days of long ago?
    Her feet brought her to dwell afar as an alien.
8 Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns,[e]
    whose merchants were princes,
    her traders the honored ones of the earth?
9 Yahweh of hosts has planned it:
    to defile the pride of all glory,
    to humble all the honored ones of the earth.
10 Cross over your own land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish;
    there is no longer a harbor.[f]
11 He has stretched his hand out over the sea;
    he has made kingdoms shake.
Yahweh has commanded concerning Canaan
    to destroy her fortresses.

12 And he said,

“You will not continue[g] to exult, crushed one, virgin[h] daughter of Sidon.
    Arise, cross over to Cyprus! There will be no rest for you even there.”
13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans!
    This people no longer exists.
    Assyria destined[i] it for wild animals.
They erected its siege towers;
    they demolished its citadel fortresses.
    It made her like a ruin.
14 Wail, ships of Tarshish!
    For your fortress is destroyed.

15 And this will happen on that day: And Tyre will be forgotten seventy years,[j]

like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years,[k] it will be for Tyre like the song of the prostitute:

16 “Take a harp,
    go around the city, forgotten prostitute!
Do it well, playing a stringed instrument!
    Make numerous songs,[l] that you may be remembered.”

17 And this shall happen:

at the end of seventy years,[m] Yahweh will visit Tyre,

and she will return to her harlot’s wages,
    and she will commit fornication
with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.

18 And this shall happen:

her merchandise and her harlot’s wages will be set apart for Yahweh;

it will not be stored up,
    and it will not be hoarded,
but her merchandise will be for those who live before the presence[n] of Yahweh,
    for eating to satiation and for fine clothing.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:1 Literally “it is destroyed from a house from entering”
  2. Isaiah 23:4 Or “I have brought”
  3. Isaiah 23:5 Literally “of”
  4. Isaiah 23:7 Literally “this to you, exultant”
  5. Isaiah 23:8 Hebrew “crown”
  6. Isaiah 23:10 Hebrew “waistband” is emended to “harbor” by transposing two consonants
  7. Isaiah 23:12 Literally “do again longer”
  8. Isaiah 23:12 Literally “virgin of the”
  9. Isaiah 23:13 Literally “this people was not Assyria destined,” which could be translated “It was this people! It was not Assyria. They destined”
  10. Isaiah 23:15 Hebrew “year”
  11. Isaiah 23:15 Hebrew “year”
  12. Isaiah 23:16 Hebrew “song”
  13. Isaiah 23:17 Hebrew “year”
  14. Isaiah 23:18 Literally “face”
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