Isaiah:23

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* The prophecy concerning Tyre . Howl , ye ships of Tarshish ! For it is laid waste ; No house , no entrance is left ! From the land of the Chittaeans were the tidings brought to them . * Be amazed , ye inhabitants of the sea –coast , Which the merchants of Sidon , that pass over the sea , did crowd ! * Upon the wide waters , the corn of the Nile , The harvest of the river , was her revenue ; She was the mart of the nations . * Be thou ashamed , O Sidon , for the sea hath spoken , The fortress of the sea hath spoken thus : "I have not travailed , nor brought forth children ; I have not nourished youths , nor brought up virgins ." * When the tidings shall reach Egypt , They shall be filled with anguish at the tidings concerning Tyre . * Pass ye over to Tarshish ; Howl , ye inhabitants of the sea –coast ! * Is this your joyous city , Whose antiquity is of ancient days ? Now her own feet bear her To sojourn far away . * Who hath purposed this against Tyre , The dispenser of crowns , Whose merchants are princes , Whose traders the nobles of the earth ? * Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it , To bring down the pride of all glory , To humble the nobles of the earth . * Go over thy land like the Nile , O daughter of Tarshish ! Now thy bonds are broken . * He hath stretched out his hand over the sea , He hath made the kingdoms tremble ; Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan To destroy her strong holds . * He hath said , Thou shalt no more rejoice , Thou ravished virgin , daughter of Sidon ! Arise , pass over to the Chittaeans ; Yet even there shalt thou have no rest . * Behold the land of the Chaldaeans , Who , not long ago , were not a people ,––The Assyrian assigned it to the inhabitants of the wilderness ,––They raise their watch –towers ; They destroy her palaces ; They make her a heap of ruins . * Howl , ye ships of Tarshish ! For your stronghold is destroyed . * And it shall come to pass in that day , That Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years , According to the days of one king ; But at the end of seventy years It shall be with Tyre as in the song of the harlot : * "Take thy lyre , go about the city , O harlot , long forgotten ; Make sweet melody ; sing many songs , That thou mayst again be remembered !" * At the end of seventy years shall Jehovah show regard to Tyre , And she shall return to her hire , And play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world , That are upon the face of the earth . * But her gain and her hire shall be holy to Jehovah ; It shall not be treasured , nor laid up in store ; But it shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah , For abundant food , and for splendid clothing .

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