Isaiah - 23

1 - 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.

2 - Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

3 - And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

4 - 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.

5 - As at the report concerning Egypt - , so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre - .

6 - Pass ye over to Tarshish - ; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.

7 - Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient 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 traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

9 - The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

10 - Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish - : there is no more strength.

11 - 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 strong holds thereof.

12 - 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.

13 - Behold the land of the Chaldeans; 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.

14 - Howl, ye ships of Tarshish - : for your strength is laid waste.

15 - 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 an harlot.

16 - Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

17 - 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.

18 - 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.