Isaiah 23:1–9

*The aburden of bTyre.

cHowl, ye ships of Tarshish;

For it is laid waste, dso that there is no house, dno entering in:

From the land of eChittim it is revealed to them.

2  Be †fstill, gye inhabitants of the isle;

Thou whom the merchants of hZidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

3  And by great waters the seed of iSihor,

The harvest of the river, is her revenue;

And kshe is a mart of nations.

4  Be thou ashamed, O hZidon: for the sea hath spoken,

Even the strength of the sea, saying,

I travail not, nor bring forth children,

Neither do I lnourish up young men, nor lbring up virgins.

5  As at the report concerning Egypt,

So shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

6  Pass ye over to cTarshish; howl, gye inhabitants of the isle.

7  Is this your mjoyous city, whose antiquity is of nancient days?

Her own feet shall carry her †afar off to sojourn.

8  Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city,

Whose merchants are princes, whose nntraffickers are the honourable of the earth?

9  The Lord of hosts hath purposed it,

†To stain the pride of all oglory,

And to pbring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.