Isa 23:1-10 | HCSB | STEP | An oracle against Tyre : Wail , ships of Tarshish , for your haven has been destroyed . Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus .

Isaiah 23:1-10

1 An ^{▼▼oracle: A prophetic speech of a threatening or menacing character, often against the nations}oracle ^b against Tyre: ^c

Wail, ships of Tarshish, ^d
for your haven has been destroyed.
Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. ^{▼▼Hb Kittim
,} ^f
2 Mourn, inhabitants of the coastland,
you merchants of Sidon; ^g
your agents have crossed the sea ^{▼▼DSS; MT reads Sidon, whom the seafarers have filled}
3 on many waters.
Tyre’s revenue was the grain from Shihor –
the harvest of the Nile.
She was the merchant among the nations. ⁱ
4 Be ashamed Sidon, the stronghold of the sea,
for the sea has spoken:
“I have not been in labor or given birth.
I have not raised young men
or brought up young women.”
5 When the news reaches Egypt,
they will be in anguish over the news about Tyre. ^j
6 Cross over to Tarshish;
wail, inhabitants of the coastland!
7 Is this your jubilant city,
whose origin was in ancient times,
whose feet have taken her
to settle far away?
8 Who planned this against Tyre,
the bestower of crowns,
whose traders are princes,
whose merchants are the honored ones of the earth?
9 The Lord of ^{▼▼Hosts/hosts: Military forces consisting of God's angels, sometimes including the sun, moon, and stars, and occasionally, Israel}Hosts planned it,
to desecrate all its glorious beauty,
to disgrace all the honored ones of the earth.
10 Overflow ^{▼▼DSS, LXX read Work} your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish;
there is no longer anything to restrain you. ^{▼▼Or longer any harbor}