Isaiah 23
23
Proclamation Against Tyre
1The #Jer. 25:22; 47:4; Ezek. 26—28; Amos 1:9; Zech. 9:2, 4burden against Tyre.
Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For it is laid waste,
So that there is no house, no harbor;
From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
2Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon,
Whom those who cross the sea have filled.
3And on great waters the grain of Shihor,
The harvest of the River, is her revenue;
And #Ezek. 27:3–23she is a marketplace for the nations.
4Be 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,
Nor bring up virgins.”
5#Is. 19:16When the report reaches Egypt,
They also will be in agony at the report of Tyre.
6Cross over to Tarshish;
Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!
7Is this your #Is. 22:2; 32:13joyous city,
Whose antiquity is from ancient days,
Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?
8Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, #Ezek. 28:2, 12the crowning city,
Whose merchants are princes,
Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
9The Lord of hosts has #Is. 14:26purposed it,
To bring to dishonor the #Job 40:11, 12; Is. 13:11; 24:4; Dan. 4:37pride of all glory,
To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
10Overflow through your land like the River,
O daughter of Tarshish;
There is no more strength.
11He stretched out His hand over the sea,
He shook the kingdoms;
The Lord has given a commandment #Zech. 9:2–4against Canaan
To destroy its strongholds.
12And He said, “You will rejoice no more,
O you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, #Ezek. 26:13, 14; Rev. 18:22cross over to Cyprus;
There also you will have no rest.”
13Behold, the land of the #Is. 47:1Chaldeans,
This people which was not;
Assyria founded it for #Ps. 72:9wild beasts of the desert.
They set up its towers,
They raised up its palaces,
And brought it to ruin.
14#Ezek. 27:25–30Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For your strength is laid waste.
15Now 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:
16“Take a harp, go about the city,
You forgotten harlot;
Make sweet melody, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.”
17And it shall be, at the end of seventy years, that the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her hire, and #Rev. 17:2commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. 18Her gain and her pay #Ex. 28:36; Zech. 14:20, 21will be set apart for the Lord; it will not be treasured nor laid up, for her gain will be for those who dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for fine clothing.
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Isaiah 23
23
The City of Tyre Will Be Punished
1 #
Ez 26.1—28.19; Jl 3.4-8; Am 1.9,10; Zec 9.1-4; Mt 11.21,22; Lk 10.13,14. This is a message from distant islands about the city of Tyre:#23.1 Tyre: A fortress city built on an island in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of what is now Lebanon.
Cry, you seagoing ships!#23.1 seagoing ships: See the note at 2.16.
Tyre and its houses
lie in ruins.#23.1 Tyre … ruins: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
2Mourn in silence,
you shop owners of Sidon,#23.2 Sidon: A coastal city just north of Tyre.
you people on the coast.
Your sailors crossed oceans,
making your city rich.
3Your merchants sailed the seas,
making you wealthy by trading
with nation after nation.
They brought back grain
that grew along the Nile.#23.3 along the Nile: The Hebrew text has “grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile,” but Shihor is probably a name for a region near the lower part of the Nile.
4Sidon, you are a mighty fortress
built along the sea.
But you will be disgraced
like a married woman
who never had children.#23.4 children: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
5When Egypt hears about Tyre,
it will tremble.
6All of you along the coast
had better cry and sail
far across the ocean.#23.6 far across the ocean: The Hebrew text has “to Tarshish,” probably meaning a long distance.
7Can this be the happy city
that has stood for centuries?
Its people have spread
to distant lands;
8its merchants were kings
honored all over the world.
Who planned to destroy Tyre?
9The Lord All-Powerful planned it
to bring shame and disgrace
to those who are honored
by everyone on earth.
10People of Tyre,#23.10 People of Tyre: The Hebrew text has “the people of Tarshish,” which stands for the colonies of Tyre.
your harbor is destroyed!
You will have to become farmers
just like the Egyptians.#23.10 Egyptians: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 10.
Tyre Will Be Forgotten
11The Lord's hand has reached
across the sea,
upsetting the nations.
He has given a command
to destroy fortresses
in the land of Canaan.
12The Lord has said
to the people of Sidon,
“Your celebrating is over—
you are crushed.
Even if you escape to Cyprus,
you won't find peace.”
13Look what the Assyrians have done to Babylonia! They have attacked, destroying every palace in the land. Now wild animals live among the ruins.#23.13 ruins: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 13. 14Not a fortress will be left standing, so tell all the seagoing ships#23.14 seagoing ships: See the note at 2.16. to mourn.
15The city of Tyre will be forgotten for 70 years, which is the lifetime of a king. Then Tyre will be like that evil woman in the song:
16You're gone and forgotten,
you evil woman!
So strut through the town,
singing and playing
your favorite tune
to be remembered again.
17At the end of those 70 years, the Lord will let Tyre get back into business. The city will be like a woman who sells her body to everyone of every nation on earth, 18but none of what is earned will be kept in the city. That money will belong to the Lord, and it will be used to buy more than enough food and good clothes for those who worship the Lord.
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