Isaiah 23

Oracle against Tyre

1The oracle of Tyre:

Wail, ships of Tarshish, for the house is destroyed so that no one can enter;

2Be still, inhabitants of the coast,

3And on the great waters is the seed of Shihor,

4Be ashamed, Sidon, for the sea,

“I was not in labor,

and I have not reared young men,

5When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report about Tyre.[#Literally “of”]

6Cross over to Tarshish!

7Is this your exultant one, her origin from the days of long ago?[#Literally “this to you, exultant”]

8Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns,[#Hebrew “crown”]

whose merchants were princes,

9Yahweh of hosts has planned it:

to defile the pride of all glory,

10Cross over your own land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish;

there is no longer a harbor.

11He has stretched his hand out over the sea;

Yahweh has commanded concerning Canaan to destroy her fortresses.

12And he said,

“You will not continue to exult, crushed one, virgin daughter of Sidon.

13Look at the land of the Chaldeans! This people no longer exists.

Assyria destined it for wild animals.

They erected its siege towers;

14Wail, ships of Tarshish! For your fortress is destroyed.

15And this will happen on that day:

And Tyre will be forgotten seventy years,

like the days of one king.

At the end of seventy years, it will be for Tyre like the song of the prostitute:

16“Take a harp,

Do it well, playing a stringed instrument!

17And this shall happen:

at the end of seventy years, Yahweh will visit Tyre,

and she will return to her harlot’s wages,

with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.

18And this shall happen:

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

it will not be stored up,

but her merchandise will be for those who live before the presence of Yahweh,

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