Isa 23 | NASB1995 | STEP | The oracle concerning Tyre . Wail , O ships of Tarshish , For Tyre is destroyed , without house or harbor ; It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus .

Isaiah 23

The Fall of Tyre

1 The ^{▼▼ Or burden of}oracle concerning ^bTyre. Wail, O ^cships of ^dTarshish,
For Tyre is destroyed, without house or ^{▼▼ Lit entering
,} ^fharbor;
It is reported to them from the land of ^{▼▼ Heb Kittim
,} ^hCyprus.
2 ⁱBe silent, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon;
^{▼▼ So DSS; M.T. Who passed over the sea, they replenished you}Your messengers crossed the sea
3 And were on many waters.
^kThe grain of the ^{▼▼ Heb Shihor
,} ^mNile, the harvest of the River was her revenue;
And she was the ⁿmarket of nations.
4 Be ashamed, O ^oSidon;
For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying,
“I have neither travailed nor given birth,
I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins.”
5 When the report reaches Egypt,
They will be in ^panguish at the report of Tyre.
6 Pass over to ^qTarshish;
Wail, O inhabitants of the coastland.
7 Is this your ^rjubilant city,
Whose origin is from antiquity,
Whose feet used to carry her to ^{▼▼ Lit sojourn afar off}colonize distant places?

8 Who has planned this against Tyre, ^tthe bestower of crowns,
Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
9 ^uThe Lord of hosts has planned it, to ^vdefile the pride of all beauty,
To despise all the ^whonored of the earth.
10 ^{▼▼ Lit Pass over}Overflow your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish,
There is no more ^{▼▼ Perhaps girdle or shipyard}restraint.
11 He has ^zstretched His hand out ^aaover the sea,
He has ^abmade the kingdoms tremble;
The Lord has given a command concerning Canaan to ^acdemolish its strongholds.

12 He has said, ^ad“You shall exult no more, O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, pass over to ^{▼▼ Heb Kittim
,} ^afCyprus; even there you will find no rest.”

13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans— this is the people which was not; ^agAssyria appointed it for ^ahdesert creatures— they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, ^aithey made it a ruin. 14 Wail, O ^ajships of Tarshish,
For your stronghold is destroyed.

15 Now in that day Tyre will be forgotten for ^akseventy 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 It will come about at ^althe end of seventy years that the Lord will visit Tyre. Then she will go back to her harlot’s wages and will ^amplay the harlot with all the kingdoms ^{▼▼ Lit of the earth on the face of the land}on the face of the earth. 18 Her ^aogain and her harlot’s wages will be ^apset apart to the Lord; it will not be stored up or hoarded, but her gain will become sufficient food and choice attire for those who dwell in the presence of the Lord.