Isa 23:1-6, Eze 26:17, 27:31-32, Rev 18:9-19 | ESV | STEP | The oracle concerning Tyre . Wail , O ships of Tarshish , for Tyre is laid waste , without house or harbor ! From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.

1 The ^aoracle concerning ^bTyre.

Wail, O ^cships of Tarshish,
for Tyre is laid waste, ^dwithout house or harbor!
From ^ethe land of Cyprus ^{▼▼Hebrew Kittim; also verse 12}
it is revealed to them.
2 Be still, O inhabitants of the coast;
the merchants of ^gSidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.
3 And on many waters
your revenue was the grain of Shihor,
the harvest of the Nile;
you were ^hthe merchant of the nations.
4 Be ashamed, O ⁱSidon, 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.”
5 When the report comes to Egypt,
they will be in anguish ^{▼▼Hebrew they will have labor pains} over the report about Tyre.
6 ^kCross over to Tarshish;
wail, O inhabitants of the coast!

Ezekiel 26:17

17 And they will ^lraise a lamentation over you and say to you,

“‘How you have perished,
you who were inhabited from the seas,
O city renowned,
^mwho was mighty on the sea;
she and her inhabitants ⁿimposed their terror
on all her inhabitants!

Ezekiel 27:31-32

31 they ^omake 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 ^praise a lamentation for you
and lament over you:
^q‘Who is like Tyre,
like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?

Revelation of John 18:9-19

9 And ^rthe kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, ^swill weep and wail over her ^twhen they see the smoke of her burning. 10 ^uThey will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,

“Alas! Alas! ^vYou great city,
you mighty city, Babylon!
For ^win a single hour your judgment has come.”
11 And ^xthe merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore, 12 cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble, 13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls. ^{▼▼Or and slaves, and human lives}

14 “The fruit for which your soul longed
has gone from you,
and all your delicacies and your splendors
are lost to you,
never to be found again!”
15 ^zThe merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, ^aawill stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,

16 “Alas, alas, for the great city
^abthat was clothed in fine linen,
in purple and scarlet,
adorned with gold,
with jewels, and with pearls!
17 For ^acin a single hour all this wealth ^adhas been laid waste.”
And ^aeall shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off 18 and ^afcried out ^agas they saw the smoke of her burning,

^ah“What city was like the great city?”
19 And they threw ^aidust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,

“Alas, alas, for the great city
^ajwhere all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For ^akin a single hour she has been laid waste.