23:1 THE WORD CONCERNING TYRE. Howl, ye
ships of Carthage; for she has perished, and [men] no longer arrive from the
land of the Citians: she is led captive.
23:2 To whom are the dwellers in the island become like, the merchants of
Phoenice, passing over the sea
23:3 in great waters, a generation of merchants? as when the harvest is
gathered in, [so are] these traders with the nations.
23:4 Be ashamed, O Sidon: the sea has said, yea, the strength of the sea has
said, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, nor have I brought up young
men, nor reared virgins.
23:5 Moreover when it shall be heard in Egypt, sorrow shall seize them for
Tyre.
23:6 Depart ye to Carthage; howl, ye that dwell in this island.
23:7 Was not this your pride from the beginning, before she was given up?
23:8 Who has devised this counsel against Tyre Is she inferior? or has she
no strength? her merchants were the glorious princes of the earth.
23:9 The Lord of hosts has purposed to bring down all the pride of the
glorious ones, and to disgrace every glorious thing on the earth.
23:10 Till thy land; for ships no more come out of Carthage.
23:11 And thy hand prevails no more by sea, which troubled kings: the Lord
of hosts has given a command concerning Chanaan, to destroy the strength
thereof.
23:12 And [men] shall say, Ye shall no longer at all continue to insult and
injure the daughter of Sidon: and if thou depart to the Citians, neither
there shalt thou have rest.
23:13 And [if thou depart] to the land of the Chaldeans, this also is laid
waste by the Assyrians, for her wall is fallen.
23:14 Howl, ye ships of Carthage: for your strong hold is destroyed.
23:15 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] Tyre shall be left
seventy years, as the time of a king, as the time of a man: and it shall
come to pass after seventy years, [that] Tyre shall be as the song of a
harlot.
23:16 Take a harp, go about, O city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten;
play well on the harp, sing many [songs], that thou mayest be remembered.
23:17 And it shall come to pass after the seventy years, [that] God will
visit Tyre, and she shall be again restored to her primitive state, and she
shall be a mart for all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
23:18 And her trade and her gain shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not
be gathered for them, but for those that dwell before the Lord, [even] all
her trade, to eat and drink and be filled, and for a covenant [and] a
memorial before the Lord. |
23:1 The burden of Tyre. 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.
23:2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon,
that pass over the sea, have replenished.
23:3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her
revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
23:4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: 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.
23:5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at
the report of Tyre.
23:6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
23:7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own
feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
23:8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose
merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory,
and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
23:10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no
more strength.
23:11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the
LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the
strong holds thereof.
23:12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin,
daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have
no rest.
23:13 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.
23:14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
23:15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten
seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy
years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
23:16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten;
make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
23:17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the
LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit
fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
23:18 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. |