Isaiah 23

23^*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.

²Be ^†fstill, ^gye inhabitants of the isle;

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

³And by great waters the seed of ⁱSihor,

The harvest of the river, is her revenue;

And ^kshe is a mart of nations.

⁴Be 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.

⁵As at the report concerning Egypt,

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁹The Lord of hosts hath purposed it,

^†To stain the pride of all ^oglory,

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

¹⁰Pass through thy land as ^qa river, O daughter of ^cTarshish:

There is no more ^†rstrength.

¹¹He stretched out his hand over the sea, ^she shook the kingdoms:

The Lord hath given a commandment ^||against ^†the merchant city, to destroy the ^||strong holds thereof.

¹²And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice,

O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon:

Arise, pass over to ^eChittim;

There also shalt thou have no rest.

¹³Behold the land of ^tthe Chaldeans;

This people was not,

Till the Assyrian founded it for ^uthem that dwell in the wilderness:

They set up the ^vtowers thereof,

They raised up the palaces thereof;

And he brought it ^wto ruin.

^14cHowl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

¹⁵And it shall come to pass in that day,

That Tyre shall be forgotten ^xseventy years,

According to the days of ^xxone king:

^yAfter the end of seventy years ^†yshall Tyre sing as an harlot.

^16zTake an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten;

^aMake sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

¹⁷And it shall come to pass ^yafter the end of seventy years,

That the Lord will ^aavisit Tyre,

And ^yshe shall turn to her hire,

And ^bshall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world

Upon the face of the earth.

¹⁸And her merchandise and her hire shall be ^choliness to the Lord:

It shall not be treasured nor laid up;

For ^dher merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord,

To eat ^esufficiently, and for ^†durable clothing.