Isaiah 23

Berean Standard Bible

The Burden against Tyre

1This is the burdenH4853 against TyreH6865:

WailH3213, O shipsH591 of TarshishH8659,1forH3588 Tyre is laid wasteH7703,without houseH1004 or harborH935.Word has reachedH1540 themfrom the landH776 of CyprusH3794.22Be silentH1826, O dwellersH3427 of the coastlandH339,you merchantsH5503 of SidonH6721,whose tradersH5674 have crossedH4390 the seaH3220.33On the greatH7227 watersH4325came the grainH2233 of ShihorH7883;the harvestH7105 of the NileH2975 was the revenue of TyreH8393;she wasH1961 the merchantH5504 of the nationsH1471.4Be ashamedH954, O SidonH6721, the strongholdH4581 of the seaH3220,forH3588 the seaH3220 H559 has spokenH559:“I have notH3808 been in laborH2342or given birthH3205 H3808.I have notH3808 raisedH1431 young menH970or brought upH7311 young womenH1330.”5WhenH834 the reportH8088 reaches EgyptH4714,they will writhe in agonyH2342 over the newsH8088 of TyreH6865.

6Cross overH5674 to TarshishH8659;wailH3213, O inhabitantsH3427 of the coastlandH339!7Is thisH2063 your jubilant cityH5947,whose originH6927 is from antiquityH6924 H3117,whose feetH7272 have taken herH2986to settleH1481 far awayH7350?8WhoH4310 plannedH3289 thisH2063 againstH5921 TyreH6865,the bestower of crownsH5849,whoseH834 tradersH5503 are princesH8269,whose merchantsH3667 are renownedH3513 on the earthH776?9The LORDH3068 of HostsH6635 planned itH3289,to defileH2490 allH3605 its gloriousH1347 beautyH6643,to disgraceH7043 allH3605 the renownedH3513 of the earthH776.

10CultivateH5674 4 your landH776 like the NileH2975, O DaughterH1323 of TarshishH8659;there is noH369 longerH5750 a harborH4206.11The LORD has stretched outH5186 His handH3027 overH5921 the seaH3220;He has made kingdomsH4467 trembleH7264.He has given a commandH6680thatH413 the strongholdsH4581 of CanaanH3667 be destroyedH8045.12He saidH559, “You shall rejoiceH5937 noH3808 moreH3254 H5750,O oppressedH6231 VirginH1330 DaughterH1323 of SidonH6721.Get upH6965 and cross overH5674 to CyprusH3794—evenH1571 thereH8033 you will find noH3808 restH5117.”

13Look atH2005 the landH776 of theH2088 ChaldeansH3778 5—a peopleH5971 nowH3808 of no accountH1961.The AssyriansH804 destined itH3245 for the desert creaturesH6728;they set upH6965 their siege towersH971 and strippedH6209 its palacesH759.They brought itH7760 to ruinH4654.

14WailH3213, O shipsH591 of TarshishH8659,forH3588 your harborH4581 has been destroyedH7703!

At thatH1931 timeH3117 TyreH6865 will be forgottenH7911 for seventyH7657 yearsH8141—the spanH3117 of aH259 king’s lifeH4428. But at the endH7093 of seventyH7657 yearsH8141, it will happenH1961 to TyreH6865 as in the songH7892 of the harlotH2181:

16“Take upH3947 your harpH3658,stroll throughH5437 the cityH5892,O forgottenH7911 harlotH2181.Make sweetH3190 melodyH5059,sing manyH7235 a songH7892 H4616,so you will be rememberedH2142.”

17And atH1961 the endH7093 of seventyH7657 yearsH8141, the LORDH3068 will restoreH6485 TyreH6865. Then she will returnH7725 to hireH868 as a prostituteH2181 and sell herselfH854 to allH3605 the kingdomsH4467 onH5921 the faceH6440 of the earthH127. 18Yet her profitsH5504 and wagesH868 will beH1961 set apartH6944 to the LORDH3068; they will notH3808 be storedH686 H3808 or savedH2630, forH3588 herH1961 profitH5504 will go to those who liveH3427 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068, for abundantH7654 foodH398 and fineH6266 clothingH4374.