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Isaiah 23:1-14

1TheburdenH4853ofTyreצֹ֑רTzorH6865.Howl, yeshipsאֳנִיּ֣וֹת'o.ni.YotH591ofTarshishתַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁtar.ShishH8659!foritislaidwaste,sothatthereisnohouseמִבַּ֙יִת֙mi.Ba.yitH1004, noneenteringin.Fromthelandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofChittimitisrevealedנִגְלָה־nig.lah-H1540tothem.

2Bestill, yeinhabitantsיֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427oftheisle!ThemerchantsofSidonצִיד֛וֹןtzi.DonH6721,thatpassH5674overtheseaיָ֖םyamH3220,havereplenished thee.

3AndongreatH7227watersוּבְמַ֤יִםu.ve.Ma.yimH4325,theseedזֶ֣רַעZe.ra'H2233ofShihorשִׁחֹ֔רshi.ChorH7883,theharvestקְצִ֥ירke.TzirH7105oftheNile,wasH1961herrevenue;andshewasH1961themarketofthenationsגּוֹיִֽם׃go.YimH1471.

4Bethouashamedבּ֣וֹשִׁיBo.o.shiH954,Sidonצִיד֔וֹןtzi.DonH6721,fortheseaיָ֔םYamH3220hathspoken,thestrengthoftheseaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220,sayingH559,IhavenottravailednorbroughtH3205forthH3205,neitherhaveInourishedyoungבַּחוּרִ֖יםba.chu.RimH970menH970[nor]broughtH3205upvirginsH1330.

5—Whenכַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ka.'a.Sher-H834thereportH8088cameintoEgyptלְמִצְרָ֑יִםle.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,theyweresorely pained atthenewsofTyreצֹֽר׃TzorH6865.

6Passעִבְר֖וּ'iv.RuH5674overtoTarshishתַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁהtar.Shi.shahH8659;howl, yeinhabitantsיֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427ofthecoast!

7Isthisyourjoyous [city], whoseantiquityisofancientdaysמִֽימֵי־mi.mei-H3117?HerfeetH7272shallcarryherafarH7350offtosojourn.

8WhohathpurposedthisagainstTyreצֹ֖רtzorH6865,thedistributorofcrowns,whosemerchantswereprincesH8269,whosedealerswerethehonourableoftheearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776?

9Jehovahofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635hathpurposedit,toprofaneלְחַלֵּל֙le.cha.LelH2490theprideגְּא֣וֹןge.'onH1347ofallgloryH3513,tobringtonoughtallthehonourableoftheearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.

10Overflow thylandאַרְצֵ֖ךְ'ar.TzekhH776liketheNile,daughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofTarshishתַּרְשִׁ֕ישׁtar.ShishH8659:thereisnomorerestraint.

11Hehathstretchedנָטָ֣הna.TahH5186outhishandיָדוֹ֙ya.DoH3027overtheseaהַיָּ֔םhai.YamH3220,heshakeththekingdomsמַמְלָכ֑וֹתmam.la.KhotH4467.JehovahhathgivenacommandmentconcerningCanaanכְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anH3667,todestroyלַשְׁמִ֖דlash.MidH8045thestrongholdsמָעֻזְנֶֽיהָ׃ma.'uz.Nei.haH4581thereof,

12andhathsaidH559, Thou shaltnomoreexultלַעְל֑וֹזla'.LozH5937, [thou]oppressedH6231virginבְּתוּלַ֣תbe.tu.LatH1330,daughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofSidonצִיד֗וֹןtzi.DonH6721:gettheeup,passעֲבֹ֔רִי'a.Vo.riH5674overtoChittim;eventhereshalt thouhavenorestיָנ֥וּחַֽya.Nu.achH5117.

13Beholdthelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776oftheChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּ֗יםkas.DimH3778:thispeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971didnotexist;theAssyrianfoundedH3245itforthedwellersinthedesert:theysetH7760uptheirtowers,theydestroyedthepalacesthereof;hebroughtittoruin.

14Howl,shipsאֳנִיּ֣וֹת'o.ni.YotH591ofTarshishתַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁtar.ShishH8659!foryourfortressislaidwaste.

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