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Isaiah 23:1–2

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An Oracle concerning Tyre

23The oracle concerning Tyre.

Wail, O ships of Tarshish,

for your fortress is destroyed.z

When they came in from Cyprus

they learned of it.*

2Be still, O inhabitants of the coast,

O merchants of Sidon;

your messengers crossed over the seaa*

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Footnotes

  1. zCn: Heb for it is destroyed, without houses
  2. aQ ms: MT crossing over the sea, they replenished you

Cross references

  1. *v 12; Jer 25:22; 47:4; Ezek 26; 27; 28
  2. *Isa 47:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The oracle concerning Tyre.

Wail, O ships of Tarshish,

for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor!

From the land of Cyprus

it is revealed to them.

Be still, O inhabitants of the coast;

the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A prophecy against Tyre:

Wail, you ships of Tarshish!

For Tyre is destroyed

and left without house or harbor.

From the land of Cyprus

word has come to them.

Be silent, you people of the island

and you merchants of Sidon,

whom the seafarers have enriched.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A pronouncement concerning Tyre:

Wail, ships of Tarshish,

for your haven has been destroyed.

Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.

Mourn, inhabitants of the coastland,

you merchants of Sidon;

your agents have crossed the sea

NLTNew Living Translation

This message came to me concerning Tyre:

Wail, you trading ships of Tarshish,

for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone!

The rumors you heard in Cyprus

are all true.

Mourn in silence, you people of the coast

and you merchants of Sidon.

Your traders crossed the sea,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The oracle of Tyre:

Wail, ships of Tarshish, for the house is destroyed so that no one can enter;

it is announced to them from the land of Cyprus.

Be still, inhabitants of the coast,

merchant of Sidon, who travels over the sea, they filled you.

KJV 1900King James Version

The burden of Tyre.

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish;

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

From the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle;

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