Isaiah 23 – Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

An Oracle Concerning Tyre

1 The [fn]oracle ^H4853 concerning Tyre ^H6865.

Wail ^H3213, O ships ^H591 of Tarshish ^H8659,

For Tyre is destroyed ^H7703, without ^H4480 house ^H1004 or [fn]harbor ^H935;

It is revealed ^H1540 to them from the land ^H776 of [fn]Cyprus ^H3794.

2 Be ^H1826 silent ^H1826, you inhabitants ^H3427 of the coastland ^H339,

You merchants ^H5503 of Sidon ^H6721;

[fn]Your messengers ^H4390 crossed ^H5674 the sea ^H3220

3 And were on many ^H7227 waters ^H4325.

The [fn]grain ^H2233 of [fn]Shihor ^H7883, the harvest ^H7105 of the Nile ^H2975 was her revenue ^H8393;

And she was the nations’ ^H1471 gain ^H5504.

4 Be ^H954 ashamed ^H954, O Sidon ^H6721;

For the sea ^H3220 speaks ^H559, the strong ^H4581 defense ^H4581 of the sea ^H3220, saying ^H559,

“I have neither ^H3808 travailed ^H2342 nor ^H3808 given ^H3205 birth ^H3205;

I have neither ^H3808 brought ^H1431 up ^H1431 choice ^H970 men ^H970 nor reared ^H7311 virgins ^H1330.”

5 When ^H834 the report ^H8088 reaches Egypt ^H4714,

They will be ^H2342 in ^H2342 travail ^H2342 at the report ^H8088 of Tyre ^H6865.

6 Pass ^H5674 over ^H5674 to Tarshish ^H8659;

Wail ^H3213, O inhabitants ^H3427 of the coastland ^H339.

7 Is this ^H2088 your exultant ^H5947 city,

Whose origin ^H6927 is from days ^H3117 of old ^H6924,

Whose feet ^H7272 used to lead ^H2986 her to sojourn ^H1481 in distant ^H7350 places?

8 Who ^H4310 has counseled ^H3289 this ^H2088 against ^H5921 Tyre ^H6865, the bestower ^H5849 of ^H5849 crowns ^H5849,

Whose ^H834 merchants ^H5503 were princes ^H8269, whose ^H834 traders ^H3667 were the honored ^H3513 of the earth ^H776?

9 Yahweh ^H3068 of hosts ^H6635 has counseled ^H3289 it, to defile ^H2490 the pride ^H1347 of all ^H3605 beauty ^H6643,

To make ^H7043 contemptuous ^H7043 all ^H3605 the honored ^H3513 of the earth ^H776.

10 [fn]Overflow ^H5674 your land ^H776 like the Nile ^H2975, O daughter ^H1323 of Tarshish ^H8659;

There ^H369 is ^H369 no ^H369 more ^H5750 [fn]restraint ^H4206.

11 He has stretched ^H5186 His hand ^H3027 out ^H5186 over ^H5921 the sea ^H3220;

He has made the kingdoms ^H4467 tremble ^H7264;

Yahweh ^H3068 has given ^H6680 a ^H6680 command ^H6680 concerning ^H413 Canaan ^H3667 to demolish ^H8045 its strong ^H4581 defenses ^H4581.

12 So He said ^H559, “You shall exult ^H5937 no ^H3808 more ^H3254 H5750, O crushed ^H6231 virgin ^H1330 daughter ^H1323 of Sidon ^H6721.

Arise ^H6965, pass ^H5674 over ^H5674 to [fn]Cyprus ^H3794; even ^H1571 there ^H8033 you will find ^H5117 no ^H3808 rest ^H5117.”

13 Behold ^H2005, the land ^H776 of the Chaldeans ^H3778—this ^H2088 is the people ^H5971 which was not; Assyria ^H804 established ^H3245 it for desert ^H6728 creatures ^H6728—they erected ^H6965 their siege ^H969 towers ^H969, they stripped ^H6209 its palaces ^H759, they made ^H7760 it a ruin ^H4654.

14 Wail ^H3213, O ships ^H591 of Tarshish ^H8659,

For your strong ^H4581 defense ^H4581 is destroyed ^H7703.

15 Now it will be in that day ^H3117, that Tyre ^H6865 will be forgotten ^H7911 for seventy ^H7657 years ^H8141 like the days ^H3117 of one ^H259 king ^H4428. At the end ^H7093 of seventy ^H7657 years ^H8141 it will happen ^H1961 to Tyre ^H6865 as in the song ^H7892 of the harlot ^H2181:

16 Take ^H3947 your harp ^H3658, walk ^H5437 about ^H5437 the city ^H5892,

O forgotten ^H7911 harlot ^H2181;

Pluck ^H5059 the ^H5059 strings ^H5059 skillfully ^H3190, sing ^H7235 H7892 many ^H7235 songs ^H7892,

That you may be remembered ^H2142.

17 And it will be ^H1961 at the end ^H7093 of seventy ^H7657 years ^H8141 that Yahweh ^H3068 will visit ^H6485 Tyre ^H6865. Then she will go ^H7725 back ^H7725 to her harlot’s ^H868 wages ^H868 and will play ^H2181 the ^H2181 harlot ^H2181 with all ^H3605 the kingdoms ^H4467 [fn]on the face ^H6440 of the earth ^H127.

18 And her gain ^H5504 and her harlot’s ^H868 wages ^H868 will be set ^H6944 apart ^H6944 to Yahweh ^H3068; it will not be treasured ^H686 up or hoarded ^H2630, but her gain ^H5504 will become ^H1961 sufficient ^H7654 food ^H398 and choice ^H6266 attire ^H4374 for those who inhabit ^H3427 the presence ^H6440 of Yahweh ^H3068.