Jos 19:29, Psa 83:7, Isa 23, Jer 25:22, 27:3, 47:4, Eze 27-28 | ESV | STEP | Then the boundary turns to Ramah , reaching to the fortified city of Tyre . Then the boundary turns to Hosah , and it ends at the sea ; Mahalab , Achzib ,

29 Then the boundary turns to Ramah, reaching to the fortified city of Tyre. Then the boundary turns to Hosah, and it ends at the sea; Mahalab, ^{▼▼Compare Septuagint; Hebrew Mehebel} Achzib,

Psalms 83:7

7 ^bGebal and ^cAmmon and ^dAmalek,
^ePhilistia with the inhabitants of ^fTyre;

Isaiah 23

An Oracle Concerning Tyre and Sidon

1 The ^goracle concerning ^hTyre.

Wail, O ⁱships of Tarshish,
for Tyre is laid waste, ^jwithout house or harbor!
From ^kthe land of Cyprus ^{▼▼Hebrew Kittim; also verse 12}
it is revealed to them.
2 Be still, O inhabitants of the coast;
the merchants of ^mSidon, 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 ⁿthe merchant of the nations.
4 Be ashamed, O ^oSidon, 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 ^qCross over to Tarshish;
wail, O inhabitants of the coast!
7 Is this your exultant city
^rwhose origin is from days of old,
whose feet carried her
to settle far away?
8 Who has purposed this
against Tyre, the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants were princes,
whose traders were the honored of the earth?
9 The Lord of hosts has purposed it,
^sto defile the pompous pride of all glory, ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for glory and hosts sound alike}
to dishonor all the honored of the earth.
10 Cross over your land like the Nile,
O daughter of Tarshish;
there is no restraint anymore.
11 ^uHe has stretched out his hand over the sea;
he has shaken the kingdoms;
the Lord has given command concerning Canaan
to destroy its strongholds.
12 And he said:
“You will no more exult,
O oppressed virgin daughter of ^vSidon;
arise, ^wcross over to ^xCyprus,
even there you will have no rest.”
13 Behold the land of ^ythe Chaldeans! This is the people that was not; ^{▼▼Or that has become nothing} Assyria destined it for wild beasts. They erected ^aatheir siege towers, they stripped her palaces bare, they made her a ruin.

14 ^abWail, O ships of Tarshish,
for your stronghold is laid waste.
15 In that day Tyre will be forgotten for ^acseventy years, like the days ^{▼▼Or lifetime} of one king. At the end of ^aeseventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:

16 “Take a harp;
go about the city,
O forgotten prostitute!
Make sweet melody;
sing many songs,
that you may be remembered.”
17 At the end of ^afseventy years, the Lord will visit Tyre, and she will return to her wages and ^agwill prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. 18 Her merchandise and her wages will be holy to the Lord. It will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who dwell before the Lord.

Jeremiah 25:22

22 all the kings of ^ahTyre, all the kings of ^aiSidon, and the kings of the coastland across ^ajthe sea;

Jeremiah 27:3

3 Send word ^{▼▼Hebrew Send them} to the king of ^alEdom, the king of ^amMoab, the king of the sons of ^anAmmon, the king of ^aoTyre, and the king of Sidon by the hand of the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

Jeremiah 47:4

4 because of the day that is coming to destroy
all ^apthe Philistines,
to cut off from ^aqTyre and Sidon
every helper that remains.
For the Lord is destroying the Philistines,
^arthe remnant of the coastland of ^asCaphtor.

Ezekiel 27

A Lament for Tyre

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Now you, ^atson of man, ^auraise a lamentation over Tyre, 3 and say to Tyre, who dwells at ^avthe entrances to the sea, ^awmerchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:

“O Tyre, you have said,
‘I am ^axperfect in beauty.’
4 Your borders are ^ayin the heart of the seas;
your builders made perfect your beauty.
5 They made all your planks
of fir trees from ^azSenir;
they took ^baa cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.
6 Of ^bboaks of Bashan
they made your oars;
they made your deck of pines
from ^bcthe coasts of Cyprus,
inlaid with ivory.
7 ^bdOf fine embroidered linen from Egypt
was your sail,
serving as your banner;
blue and purple from ^bethe coasts of Elishah
was your awning.
8 The inhabitants of Sidon and ^bfArvad
were your rowers;
your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you;
they were ^bgyour pilots.
9 The elders of ^bhGebal and her skilled men were in you,
^bicaulking your seams;
all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you
to barter for your wares.
10 ^bj“Persia and ^bkLud and ^blPut were in your army as your men of war. ^bmThey hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor. 11 Men of ^bnArvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made ^boperfect your beauty.

12 ^bp“Tarshish did ^bqbusiness with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your ^brwares. 13 ^bsJavan, ^btTubal, and ^buMeshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 14 From ^bvBeth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules ^bwfor your wares. 15 The men of ^bxDedan ^{▼▼Hebrew; Septuagint Rhodes} traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony. 16 Syria ^bzdid business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares ^caemeralds, ^cbpurple, ^ccembroidered work, ^cdfine linen, coral, and ^ceruby. 17 Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise ^cfwheat of ^cgMinnith, meal, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown} honey, oil, and ^cibalm. 18 ^cjDamascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and ^ckwool of Sahar 19 and casks of wine ^{▼▼Probable reading; Hebrew wool of Sahar, Vedan, and Javan} from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, ^cmcassia, and ^cncalamus were bartered for your merchandise. 20 Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21 Arabia and all the princes of ^coKedar were your favored dealers ^cpin lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. 22 The traders of ^cqSheba and ^crRaamah traded with you; they exchanged ^csfor your wares ^ctthe best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold. 23 ^cuHaran, Canneh, ^cvEden, traders of Sheba, ^cwAsshur, and Chilmad traded with you. 24 In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of ^cxblue and ^cyembroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure. 25 ^czThe ships of ^daTarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden ^dbin the heart of the seas.

26 “Your rowers have brought you out
into the high seas.
^dcThe east wind has wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.
27 Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,
your mariners and ^ddyour pilots,
^deyour caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,
and all your men of war who are in you,
with all your crew
that is in your midst,
sink into the heart of the seas
^dfon the day of your fall.
28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots
^dgthe countryside shakes,
29 and down from their ships
^dhcome all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
stand on the land
30 ^diand shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
^djThey cast dust on their heads
^dkand wallow in ashes;
31 they ^dlmake 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 ^dmraise a lamentation for you
and lament over you:
^dn‘Who is like Tyre,
like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
33 When your wares came from the seas,
^doyou satisfied many peoples;
with your abundant wealth and merchandise
^dpyou enriched the kings of the earth.
34 Now ^dqyou are wrecked by the seas,
in the depths of the waters;
your merchandise and all your crew in your midst
have sunk with you.
35 ^drAll the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled at you,
and ^dsthe hair of their kings bristles with horror;
their faces are convulsed.
36 ^dtThe merchants among the peoples ^duhiss at you;
^dvyou have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.’”

Ezekiel 28

Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 ^dw“Son of man, say to ^dxthe prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:

^dy“Because your heart is proud,
and ^dzyou have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet ^eayou are but a man, and no god,
^ebthough you make your heart like the heart of a god—
3 ^ecyou are indeed wiser ^edthan ^eeDaniel;
no secret is hidden from you;
4 by your wisdom and your understanding
^efyou have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
into your treasuries;
5 by your great wisdom in your trade
you have increased your wealth,
and ^egyour heart has become proud in your wealth—
6 therefore thus says the Lord God:
^ehBecause you make your heart
like the heart of a god,
7 therefore, behold, I will bring ^eiforeigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against ^ejthe beauty of your wisdom
and defile ^ekyour splendor.
8 ^elThey shall thrust you down into the pit,
^emand you shall die the death of the slain
in the heart of the seas.
9 ^enWill you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you,
though ^eoyou are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?
10 ^epYou shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of foreigners;
^eqfor I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”

A Lament over the King of Tyre

11 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me: 12 ^er“Son of man, ^esraise a lamentation over ^etthe king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:

“You were the signet of perfection, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain}
^evfull of wisdom and ^ewperfect in beauty.
13 You were in ^exEden, the garden of God;
^eyevery precious stone was your covering,
^ezsardius, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire, ^{▼▼Or lapis lazuli} ^fbemerald, and carbuncle;
and crafted in gold were your settings
and your engravings. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain}
^fdOn the day that you were created
they were prepared.
14 You were an anointed ^feguardian cherub.
I placed you; ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain} you were on ^fgthe holy mountain of God;
in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
15 You were blameless in your ways
^fhfrom the day you were created,
till unrighteousness was found in you.
16 In the abundance of ^fiyour trade
you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from ^fjthe mountain of God,
and I destroyed you, ^{▼▼Or banished you} ^flO guardian cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 ^fmYour heart was proud because of ^fnyour beauty;
you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I exposed you before kings,
to feast their eyes on you.
18 By the multitude of your iniquities,
in the unrighteousness of your trade
you profaned your sanctuaries;
so ^foI brought fire out from your midst;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
^fpin the sight of all who saw you.
19 All who know you among the peoples
are appalled at you;
^fqyou have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever.”

Prophecy Against Sidon

20 The word of the Lord came to me: 21 ^fr“Son of man, ^fsset your face toward ^ftSidon, and ^fuprophesy against her 22 and say, Thus says the Lord God:

“Behold, ^fvI am against you, O Sidon,
and ^fwI will manifest my glory in your midst.
And ^fxthey shall know that I am the Lord
^fywhen I execute judgments in her
and ^fzmanifest my holiness in her;
23 for I will send ^gapestilence into her,
and blood into her streets;
and the slain shall fall in her midst,
by the sword that is against her on every side.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.
24 “And for the house of Israel ^gbthere shall be no more a brier to prick or ^gca thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors ^gdwho have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

Israel Gathered in Security

25 “Thus says the Lord God: ^geWhen I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and ^gfmanifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, ^ggthen they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. 26 ^ghAnd they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, ^giwhen I execute judgments upon all their neighbors ^gjwho have treated them with contempt. ^gkThen they will know that I am the Lord their God.”