{"book":"Isaiah","slug":"isaiah","ch":23,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Isaiah","prev":"isaiah/22","next":"isaiah/24","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[This is] the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for [Tyre] is laid waste, without house [or] harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.","f":["Or Wail, O fleet of trading ships; also in verse 14","Hebrew Kittim; also in verse 12"],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"[This is] the burden against Tyre:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Wail, O ships of Tarshish,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for [Tyre] is laid waste,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"without house [or] harbor."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Word has reached them"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the land of Cyprus."}],"h":"The Burden against Tyre","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.","f":["DSS and LXX; MT whom the seafarers have enriched"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you merchants of Sidon,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"whose traders have crossed the sea."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"On the great waters"},{"style":"indent2","t":"came the grain of Shihor;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"she was the merchant of the nations."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Be ashamed, O 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.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the sea has spoken:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ I have not been in labor"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or given birth."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I have not raised young men"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or brought up young women.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"When the report [reaches] Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When the report [reaches] Egypt,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Cross over to Tarshish;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Is this your jubilant city,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"whose origin is from antiquity,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"whose feet have taken her"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to settle far away?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Who planned this against Tyre,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the bestower of crowns,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"whose traders are princes,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"whose merchants are renowned on the earth?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The LORD of Hosts planned it,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to defile all its glorious beauty,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to disgrace all the renowned of the earth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.","f":["DSS and some LXX manuscripts; MT Overflow"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"there is no longer a harbor."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"[The LORD] has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. [He] has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"[The LORD] has stretched out His hand over the sea;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has made kingdoms tremble."},{"style":"indent1","t":"[He] has given a command"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"He said,“ You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus — even there you will find no rest.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He said,“ You shall rejoice no more,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Get up and cross over to Cyprus —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"even there you will find no rest.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Look at the land of the Chaldeans — a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.","f":["That is, the Babylonians"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Look at the land of the Chaldeans —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a people now of no account."},{"style":"indent1","t":"The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces."},{"style":"indent2","t":"They brought it to ruin."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Wail, O ships of Tarshish,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for your harbor has been destroyed!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":15,"t":"At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years — the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"“ Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Take up your harp,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"stroll through the city,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O forgotten harlot."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Make sweet melody,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"sing many a song,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so you will be remembered.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":17,"t":"And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.","f":[]}]}