Isa 23
1 The Word Concerning Tyre
The matter of Tyre. Shriek O boats of Carthage! For she perished, and no longer do they come from out of
the land of Chittim; she is led captive.
2To whom [
8likened
1have
7become
2the ones
3dwelling
4in
5the
6island]; traders of Phoenicia passing through the sea;
3in [
2water
1much]; a seed of traders; [
5as
6a harvest
7being carried in
1the
2traders
3of the
4nations].
4Be ashamed, O Sidon, said the sea! Even the strength of the sea said, I travailed not, nor gave birth, nor nourished young ones, nor raised up virgins.
5But whenever [
2audible
1it should become] in Egypt, [
2shall overtake them
1grief] concerning Tyre.
6Go forth to Carthage! Shriek! O ones dwelling in this island.
7[
3not
2this
1Was] your insolence, the one from
the beginning, before she was delivered up?
8Who planned these
things against Tyre? [
2she inferior
1Is] or not strong? Her merchants
were the glorious rulers of the earth.
9The LORD of Hosts plans to disable all the insolence of the glorious ones, and to dishonor every glorious
thing upon the earth.
10Work your land! for even boats no longer come from out of Carthage.
11 And your hand no longer prevails against
the sea, O one provoking kings.
The LORD of Hosts gave charge concerning Canaan, to destroy her strength.
12And they shall say, No longer in any way should you proceed to insult and to wrong the daughter of Zion; and if you should go forth to Chittim, not even there shall be rest to you.
13And
if you depart unto
the land of the Chaldeans, even this was made desolate from the Assyrians, not even there [
2to you
1will be rest], for her wall has fallen.
14Shriek! boats of Carthage, for [
2is destroyed
1your fortress].
15And it will be in that day, Tyre shall be forsaken [
2years
1for seventy], as
the time [
2king
1of one], as
the time of a man. And after seventy years Tyre will be as
the song of a harlot.
16Take a harp! Stray! [
2city
1O harlot] being forgotten. [
2well
1Play the harp]! [
2much
1Sing]! that
the memory of you takes place.
17And it will be after the seventy years, [
3a visit
2will make
1God] to Tyre, and again she shall be restored to
her ancient
state; and she shall be a market-place for all the kingdoms of the inhabitable world upon
the face of the earth.
18And [
5will be
1her
2trade
3and
4wage] holy
to the LORD. [
2not
4to them
1It shall
3be brought], but to the ones dwelling before
the LORD,
even all her trade, to eat and to drink, and be filled, and for a compact memorial before
the LORD.