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Isaiah 23:1-8

1TheburdenH4853ofTyreצֹ֑רTzorH6865.Howl, yeshipsאֳנִיּ֣וֹת'o.ni.YotH591ofTarshishתַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁtar.ShishH8659;foritislaidwaste,sothatthereisnohouseמִבַּ֙יִת֙mi.Ba.yitH1004, noenteringin:fromthelandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofKittimH3794itisrevealedנִגְלָה־nig.lah-H1540tothem.

2Bestill, yeinhabitantsיֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427ofthecoast, thou whomthemerchantsofSidonצִיד֛וֹןtzi.DonH6721,thatpassH5674overtheseaיָ֖םyamH3220,havereplenished.

3AndongreatH7227watersוּבְמַ֤יִםu.ve.Ma.yimH4325theseedזֶ֣רַעZe.ra'H2233oftheShihorשִׁחֹ֔רshi.ChorH7883,theharvestקְצִ֥ירke.TzirH7105oftheNile,wasH1961herrevenue;andshewasH1961themartofnationsגּוֹיִֽם׃go.YimH1471.

4Bethouashamedבּ֣וֹשִׁיBo.o.shiH954, OSidonצִיד֔וֹןtzi.DonH6721;fortheseaיָ֔םYamH3220hathspoken,thestrongholdמָע֥וֹזma.'ozH4581oftheseaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220,sayingH559,Ihavenottravailed,norbroughtH3205forthH3205,neitherhaveInourishedyoungבַּחוּרִ֖יםba.chu.RimH970menH970,norbroughtH3205upvirginsH1330.

5Whenכַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ka.'a.Sher-H834thereportשֵׁ֖מַעShe.ma'H8088comethtoEgyptלְמִצְרָ֑יִםle.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,theyshallbe sorely pained atthereportכְּשֵׁ֥מַעke.She.ma'H8088ofTyreצֹֽר׃TzorH6865.

6Passעִבְר֖וּ'iv.RuH5674yeovertoTarshishתַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁהtar.Shi.shahH8659;wailהֵילִ֖ילוּhei.Li.luH3213, yeinhabitantsיֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427ofthecoast.

7Isthisyourjoyouscity, whoseantiquityisofancientdaysמִֽימֵי־mi.mei-H3117, whosefeetH7272carriedherafarH7350offtosojourn?

8WhohathpurposedthisagainstTyreצֹ֖רtzorH6865,thebestowerofcrowns,whosemerchantsareprincesH8269,whosetraffickersarethehonorableoftheearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776?

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