But the Lord will take away her possessions
    and destroy(A) her power on the sea,
    and she will be consumed by fire.(B)

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18 By your many sins and dishonest trade
    you have desecrated your sanctuaries.
So I made a fire(A) come out from you,
    and it consumed you,
and I reduced you to ashes(B) on the ground
    in the sight of all who were watching.(C)

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17 Then they will take up a lament(A) concerning you and say to you:

“‘How you are destroyed, city of renown,
    peopled by men of the sea!
You were a power on the seas,
    you and your citizens;
you put your terror
    on all who lived there.(B)

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10 I will send fire on the walls of Tyre
    that will consume her fortresses.(A)

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I will sell your sons(A) and daughters to the people of Judah,(B) and they will sell them to the Sabeans,(C) a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken.(D)

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16 Through your widespread trade
    you were filled with violence,(A)
    and you sinned.
So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,
    and I expelled you, guardian cherub,(B)
    from among the fiery stones.

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They will bring you down to the pit,(A)
    and you will die a violent death(B)
    in the heart of the seas.(C)

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“Son of man(A), say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘In the pride of your heart
    you say, “I am a god;
I sit on the throne(B) of a god
    in the heart of the seas.”(C)
But you are a mere mortal and not a god,
    though you think you are as wise as a god.(D)

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26 Your oarsmen take you
    out to the high seas.
But the east wind(A) will break you to pieces
    far out at sea.
27 Your wealth,(B) merchandise and wares,
    your mariners, sailors and shipwrights,
your merchants and all your soldiers,
    and everyone else on board
will sink into the heart of the sea(C)
    on the day of your shipwreck.
28 The shorelands will quake(D)
    when your sailors cry out.
29 All who handle the oars
    will abandon their ships;
the mariners and all the sailors
    will stand on the shore.
30 They will raise their voice
    and cry bitterly over you;
they will sprinkle dust(E) on their heads
    and roll(F) in ashes.(G)
31 They will shave their heads(H) because of you
    and will put on sackcloth.
They will weep(I) over you with anguish of soul
    and with bitter mourning.(J)
32 As they wail and mourn over you,
    they will take up a lament(K) concerning you:
“Who was ever silenced like Tyre,
    surrounded by the sea?(L)
33 When your merchandise went out on the seas,(M)
    you satisfied many nations;
with your great wealth(N) and your wares
    you enriched the kings of the earth.
34 Now you are shattered by the sea
    in the depths of the waters;
your wares and all your company
    have gone down with you.(O)
35 All who live in the coastlands(P)
    are appalled(Q) at you;
their kings shudder with horror
    and their faces are distorted with fear.(R)
36 The merchants among the nations scoff at you;(S)
    you have come to a horrible end
    and will be no more.(T)’”

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therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea(A) casting up its waves. They will destroy(B) the walls of Tyre(C) and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. Out in the sea(D) she will become a place to spread fishnets,(E) for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She will become plunder(F) for the nations,(G)

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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.

Be ashamed, Sidon,(L) and you fortress of the sea,
    for the sea has spoken:
“I have neither been in labor nor given birth;(M)
    I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.”
When word comes to Egypt,
    they will be in anguish(N) at the report from Tyre.(O)

Cross over to Tarshish;(P)
    wail, you people of the island.
Is this your city of revelry,(Q)
    the old, old city,
whose feet have taken her
    to settle in far-off lands?

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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,

Wealth(A) is worthless in the day of wrath,(B)
    but righteousness delivers from death.(C)

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Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,(A)
    but righteousness delivers from death.(B)

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