“the burden against Tyre, the commercial center. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in from the land of Chittim, it is revealed to them.”
Isaiah 23
18 of 18 verses have a reading · Berean Standard Bible
1This 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.
2Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
“be still, you inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whom those who cross the sea have filled.”
“Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon that pass over the sea have replenished.”
3On 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.
“And on great waters, the grain of Sihor, the harvest of the river is a revenue, and she's a marketplace for the nations.”
4Be 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."
“Be thou ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.”
“Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea has spoken, the strength of the sea, saying, I do not labor, nor bring forth children, neither do I rear young men or bring up virgins.”
5When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
“As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.”
6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
“Cross over to Tarshish. Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland.”
“Pass ye over to Tarshish. Howl, ye inhabitants of the”
7Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?
“Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? Her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.”
“Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is from ancient days, whose feet carried her far off to”
8Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
“Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?”
“Who has taken the counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?”
9The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
“The Lord of hosts hath purposed it to stain the pride of all glory and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.”
“The Lord has purposed it to bring to dishonor the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.”
10Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
“Pass through the land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish. There is no more strength.”
“Overflow through your land like the river, O daughter of Tarshish. There is no more strength.”
11The 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.
“He stretched out his hand over the sea. He shook the kingdoms. The Lord has given a commandment against Canaan to destroy its strongholds.”
12He 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."
“And he said, You will rejoice no more, O you who oppressed the virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, cross over to Cyprus. There also you will have no rest.”
“And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou that oppressest the virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Chittim, and there also shalt thou have no rest.”
13Look 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.
“Behold the land of the Chaldeans. This people was not till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness. They set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof, and he brought it to ruin.”
“Behold, the land of the Chaldeans, this people which was not. Assyria founded it for wild beasts of the desert. They set up its towers. They raised up its palaces and brought it to ruin.”
14Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!
“Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your strength is laid waste,”
“Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for your strength is laid waste.”
15At 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:
“Now it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot.”
“And it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre shall be forgotten for 70 years according to the days of one king. And after the end of 70 years shall Tyre sing as a harlot.”
16"Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered."
“Take a harp, go about the city, you forgotten harlot. Make sweet melodies, sing many songs that you may be remembered.”
“Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot, that has been forgotten. Make sweet melodies, sing many songs that thou mayest be remembered.”
17And 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.
“And it shall come to pass after the end of 70 years that the Lord will visit Tyre, and he shall turn to her hire and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.”
18Yet 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.
“And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord. It shall not be treasured nor laid up for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord to eat sufficiently and for durable clothing.”
“Her grain and her pay will be set apart for the Lord. It will not be treasured nor laid up for her grain will be for those who dwell before the Lord to eat sufficiently and for fine clothing.”