Proclamation Against Tyre
1 The aburden against Tyre.
Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For it is laid waste,
So that there is no house, no harbor;
From the land of1 Cyprus it is revealed to them.
Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For it is laid waste,
So that there is no house, no harbor;
From the land of1 Cyprus it is revealed to them.
2 Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon,
1Whom those who cross the sea have filled.
You merchants of Sidon,
1Whom those who cross the sea have filled.
3 And on great waters the grain of Shihor,
The harvest of1 the River, is her revenue;
And ashe is a marketplace for the nations.
The harvest of1 the River, is her revenue;
And ashe is a marketplace for the nations.
4 Be 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.”
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.”
7 Is this your ajoyous city,
Whose antiquity is from ancient days,
Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?
Whose antiquity is from ancient days,
Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?
8 Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, athe crowning city,
Whose merchants are princes,
Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
Whose merchants are princes,
Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Barnes' Notes for Isaiah 23:1.
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