11 And (A)the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore,

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For all nations have drunk[a]
    (A)the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and (B)the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
    and (C)the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:3 Some manuscripts fallen by

23 and the light of a lamp
    will shine in you no more,
and (A)the voice of bridegroom and bride
    will be heard in you no more,
for (B)your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
    and all nations were deceived (C)by your sorcery.

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20 (A)Rejoice over her, O heaven,
    and you saints and (B)apostles and prophets,
for (C)God has given judgment for you against her!”

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15 (A)The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, (B)will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,

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16 Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave,[a] (A)to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, 17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, (B)the name of the beast or (C)the number of its name.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
    your mariners and (A)your pilots,
(B)your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
    and all your men of war who are in you,
with all your crew
    that is in your midst,
sink into the heart of the seas
    (C)on the day of your fall.
28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots
    (D)the countryside shakes,
29 and down from their ships
    (E)come all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
    stand on the land
30 (F)and shout aloud over you
    and cry out bitterly.
(G)They cast dust on their heads
    (H)and wallow in ashes;
31 they (I)make themselves bald for you
    and put sackcloth on their waist,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
    with bitter mourning.
32 In their wailing they (J)raise a lamentation for you
    and lament over you:
(K)‘Who is like Tyre,
    like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
33 When your wares came from the seas,
    (L)you satisfied many peoples;
with your abundant wealth and merchandise
    (M)you enriched the kings of the earth.
34 Now (N)you are wrecked by the seas,
    in the depths of the waters;
your merchandise and all your crew in your midst
    have sunk with you.
35 (O)All the inhabitants of the coastlands
    are appalled at you,
and (P)the hair of their kings bristles with horror;
    their faces are convulsed.
36 (Q)The merchants among the peoples (R)hiss at you;
    (S)you have come to a dreadful end
    and shall be no more forever.’”

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And (A)the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, (B)will weep and wail over her (C)when they see the smoke of her burning.

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And (A)in their greed they will exploit you (B)with false words. (C)Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

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16 And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make (A)my Father's house a house of trade.”

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But (A)they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,

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18 (A)Neither their silver nor their gold
    shall be able to deliver them
    on the day of the wrath of the Lord.
(B)In the fire of his jealousy,
    (C)all the earth shall be consumed;
(D)for a full and sudden end
    he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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11 (A)Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar!
    For all the traders[a] are no more;
    all who weigh out silver are cut off.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:11 Or all the people of Canaan

17 And they will (A)raise a lamentation over you and say to you,

“‘How you have perished,
    you who were inhabited from the seas,
O city renowned,
    (B)who was mighty on the sea;
she and her inhabitants (C)imposed their terror
    on all her inhabitants!
18 Now the coastlands tremble
    on the day of your fall,
and the coastlands that are on the sea
    are dismayed at your passing.’

19 “For thus says the Lord God: When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, (D)when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you, 20 then (E)I will make you go down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the world below, among ruins from of old, (F)with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set beauty (G)in the land of the living. 21 I will bring you (H)to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. (I)Though you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God.”

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15 Such to you are those with whom you have labored,
    who have done business with you from your youth;
they wander about, each in his own direction;
    there is no one to save you.

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An Oracle Concerning Tyre and Sidon

23 The (A)oracle concerning (B)Tyre.

Wail, O (C)ships of Tarshish,
    for Tyre is laid waste, (D)without house or harbor!
From (E)the land of Cyprus[a]
    it is revealed to them.
Be still, O inhabitants of the coast;
    the merchants of (F)Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.
And on many waters
your revenue was the grain of Shihor,
    the harvest of the Nile;
    you were (G)the merchant of the nations.
Be ashamed, O (H)Sidon, for the sea has spoken,
    the stronghold of the sea, saying:
“I have neither labored nor given birth,
    I have neither reared young men
    nor brought up young women.”
When the report comes to Egypt,
    they will be in anguish[b] over the report about Tyre.
(I)Cross over to Tarshish;
    wail, O inhabitants of the coast!
Is this your exultant city
    (J)whose origin is from days of old,
whose feet carried her
    to settle far away?
Who has purposed this
    against Tyre, the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants were princes,
    whose traders were the honored of the earth?
The Lord of hosts has purposed it,
    (K)to defile the pompous pride of all glory,[c]
    to dishonor all the honored of the earth.
10 Cross over your land like the Nile,
    O daughter of Tarshish;
    there is no restraint anymore.
11 (L)He has stretched out his hand over the sea;
    he has shaken the kingdoms;
the Lord has given command concerning Canaan
    to destroy its strongholds.
12 And he said:
“You will no more exult,
    O oppressed virgin daughter of (M)Sidon;
arise, (N)cross over to (O)Cyprus,
    even there you will have no rest.”

13 Behold the land of (P)the Chaldeans! This is the people that was not;[d] Assyria destined it for wild beasts. They erected (Q)their siege towers, they stripped her palaces bare, they made her a ruin.

14 (R)Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
    for your stronghold is laid waste.

15 In that day Tyre will be forgotten for (S)seventy years, like the days[e] of one king. At the end of (T)seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:1 Hebrew Kittim; also verse 12
  2. Isaiah 23:5 Hebrew they will have labor pains
  3. Isaiah 23:9 The Hebrew words for glory and hosts sound alike
  4. Isaiah 23:13 Or that has become nothing
  5. Isaiah 23:15 Or lifetime

14 (A)for the gain from her is better than gain from silver
    and her profit better than (B)gold.

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