Isaiah 23
The Oracle concerning
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The burden of Tyre. Ezek. 26.1--28.19 · Joel 3.4-8 · Amos 1.9, 10 · Zech. 9.1-4 · Mt. 11.21, 22 · Lk. 10.13, 14
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.
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Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle;
thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have
replenished.
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And by great waters the seed of Sihor,
the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart
of nations.
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Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea
hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail
not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
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As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of
Tyre.
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Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye
inhabitants of the isle.
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Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry
her afar off to sojourn.
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Who hath taken this counsel against
Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes,
whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
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The LORD of hosts
hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to
bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
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Pass through thy land as a river, O
daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
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He stretched out his hand over the sea,
he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a
commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the
strongholds thereof.
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And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice,
O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to
Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
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Behold the land of the Chalde'ans; this
people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that
dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised
up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
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Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your
strength is laid waste.
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And it shall come to pass in that day,
that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of
one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as a
harlot.
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Take a harp, go about the city, thou
harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs,
that thou mayest be remembered.
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And it shall come to pass after the end
of seventy years, that the LORD will visit
Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication
with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the
earth.
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And her merchandise and her hire shall be
holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured
nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before
the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable
clothing.
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