Isaiah:23-27

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* The burden against Tyre . Wail , you ships of Tarshish ! For it is laid waste , So that there is no house , no harbor ; From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them . * Be still , you inhabitants of the coastland , You merchants of Sidon , Whom those who cross the sea have filled . * And on great waters the grain of Shihor , The harvest of the River , is her revenue ; And she is a marketplace for the nations . * Be ashamed , O Sidon ; For the sea has spoken , The strength of the sea , saying , "I do not labor , nor bring forth children ; Neither do I rear young men , Nor bring up virgins ." * When the report reaches Egypt , They also will be in agony at the report of Tyre . * Cross over to Tarshish ; Wail , you inhabitants of the coastland ! * Is this your joyous city , Whose antiquity is from ancient days , Whose feet carried her far off to dwell ? * Who has taken this counsel against Tyre , the crowning city , Whose merchants are princes , Whose traders are the honorable of the earth ? * The LORD of hosts has purposed it , To bring to dishonor the pride of all glory , To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth . * Overflow through your land like the River , O daughter of Tarshish ; There is no more strength . * He stretched out His hand over the sea , He shook the kingdoms ; The LORD has given a commandment against Canaan To destroy its strongholds . * And He said , "You will rejoice no more , O you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon . Arise , cross over to Cyprus ; There also you will have no rest ." * Behold , the land of the Chaldeans , This people which was not ; Assyria founded it for wild beasts of the desert . They set up its towers , They raised up its palaces , And brought it to ruin . * Wail , you ships of Tarshish ! For your strength is laid waste . * Now it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years , according to the days of one king . At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot : * "Take a harp , go about the city , You forgotten harlot ; Make sweet melody , sing many songs , That you may be remembered ." * And it shall be , at the end of seventy years , that the LORD will deal with Tyre . She will return to her hire , and commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth . * Her gain and her pay will be set apart for the LORD ; it will not be treasured nor laid up , for her gain will be for those who dwell before the LORD , to eat sufficiently , and for fine clothing . * Behold , the LORD makes the earth empty and makes it waste , Distorts its surface And scatters abroad its inhabitants . * And it shall be : As with the people , so with the priest ; As with the servant , so with his master ; As with the maid , so with her mistress ; As with the buyer , so with the seller ; As with the lender , so with the borrower ; As with the creditor , so with the debtor . * The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered , For the LORD has spoken this word . * The earth mourns and fades away , The world languishes and fades away ; The haughty people of the earth languish . * The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants , Because they have transgressed the laws , Changed the ordinance , Broken the everlasting covenant . * Therefore the curse has devoured the earth , And those who dwell in it are desolate . Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned , And few men are left . * The new wine fails , the vine languishes , All the merry-hearted sigh . * The mirth of the tambourine ceases , The noise of the jubilant ends , The joy of the harp ceases . * They shall not drink wine with a song ; Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it . * The city of confusion is broken down ; Every house is shut up , so that none may go in . * There is a cry for wine in the streets , All joy is darkened , The mirth of the land is gone . * In the city desolation is left , And the gate is stricken with destruction . * When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people , It shall be like the shaking of an olive tree , Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done . * They shall lift up their voice , they shall sing ; For the majesty of the LORD They shall cry aloud from the sea . * Therefore glorify the LORD in the dawning light , The name of the LORD God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea . * From the ends of the earth we have heard songs : "Glory to the righteous !" But I said , "I am ruined , ruined ! Woe to me ! The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously , Indeed , the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously ." * Fear and the pit and the snare Are upon you , O inhabitant of the earth . * And it shall be That he who flees from the noise of the fear Shall fall into the pit , And he who comes up from the midst of the pit Shall be caught in the snare ; For the windows from on high are open , And the foundations of the earth are shaken . * The earth is violently broken , The earth is split open , The earth is shaken exceedingly . * The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard , And shall totter like a hut ; Its transgression shall be heavy upon it , And it will fall , and not rise again . * It shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will punish on high the host of exalted ones , And on the earth the kings of the earth . * They will be gathered together , As prisoners are gathered in the pit , And will be shut up in the prison ; After many days they will be punished . * Then the moon will be disgraced And the sun ashamed ; For the LORD of hosts will reign On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem And before His elders , gloriously . * O LORD , You are my God . I will exalt You , I will praise Your name , For You have done wonderful things ; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth . * For You have made a city a ruin , A fortified city a ruin , A palace of foreigners to be a city no more ; It will never be rebuilt . * Therefore the strong people will glorify You ; The city of the terrible nations will fear You . * For You have been a strength to the poor , A strength to the needy in his distress , A refuge from the storm , A shade from the heat ; For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall . * You will reduce the noise of aliens , As heat in a dry place ; As heat in the shadow of a cloud , The song of the terrible ones will be diminished . * And in this mountain The LORD of hosts will make for all people A feast of choice pieces , A feast of wines on the lees , Of fat things full of marrow , Of well-refined wines on the lees . * And He will destroy on this mountain The surface of the covering cast over all people , And the veil that is spread over all nations . * He will swallow up death forever , And the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces ; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth ; For the LORD has spoken . * And it will be said in that day : "Behold , this is our God ; We have waited for Him , and He will save us . This is the LORD ; We have waited for Him ; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation ." * For on this mountain the hand of the LORD will rest , And Moab shall be trampled down under Him , As straw is trampled down for the refuse heap . * And He will spread out His hands in their midst As a swimmer reaches out to swim , And He will bring down their pride Together with the trickery of their hands . * The fortress of the high fort of your walls He will bring down , lay low , And bring to the ground , down to the dust . * In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah : "We have a strong city ; God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks . * Open the gates , That the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in . * You will keep him in perfect peace , Whose mind is stayed on You , Because he trusts in You . * Trust in the LORD forever , For in Yah , the LORD , is everlasting strength . * For He brings down those who dwell on high , The lofty city ; He lays it low , He lays it low to the ground , He brings it down to the dust . * The foot shall tread it down -- The feet of the poor And the steps of the needy ." * The way of the just is uprightness ; O Most Upright , You weigh the path of the just . * Yes , in the way of Your judgments , O LORD , we have waited for You ; The desire of our soul is for Your name And for the remembrance of You . * With my soul I have desired You in the night , Yes , by my spirit within me I will seek You early ; For when Your judgments are in the earth , The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness . * Let grace be shown to the wicked , Yet he will not learn righteousness ; In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly , And will not behold the majesty of the LORD . * LORD , when Your hand is lifted up , they will not see . But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people ; Yes , the fire of Your enemies shall devour them . * LORD , You will establish peace for us , For You have also done all our works in us . * O LORD our God , masters besides You Have had dominion over us ; But by You only we make mention of Your name . * They are dead , they will not live ; They are deceased , they will not rise . Therefore You have punished and destroyed them , And made all their memory to perish . * You have increased the nation , O LORD , You have increased the nation ; You are glorified ; You have expanded all the borders of the land . * LORD , in trouble they have visited You , They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them . * As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out in her pangs , When she draws near the time of her delivery , So have we been in Your sight , O LORD . * We have been with child , we have been in pain ; We have , as it were , brought forth wind ; We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth , Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen . * Your dead shall live ; Together with my dead body they shall arise . Awake and sing , you who dwell in dust ; For your dew is like the dew of herbs , And the earth shall cast out the dead . * Come , my people , enter your chambers , And shut your doors behind you ; Hide yourself , as it were , for a little moment , Until the indignation is past . * For behold , the LORD comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity ; The earth will also disclose her blood , And will no more cover her slain . * In that day the LORD with His severe sword , great and strong , Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent , Leviathan that twisted serpent ; And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea . * In that day sing to her , "A vineyard of red wine ! * I , the LORD , keep it , I water it every moment ; Lest any hurt it , I keep it night and day . * Fury is not in Me . Who would set briers and thorns Against Me in battle ? I would go through them , I would burn them together . * Or let him take hold of My strength , That he may make peace with Me ; And he shall make peace with Me ." * Those who come He shall cause to take root in Jacob ; Israel shall blossom and bud , And fill the face of the world with fruit . * Has He struck Israel as He struck those who struck him ? Or has He been slain according to the slaughter of those who were slain by Him ? * In measure , by sending it away , You contended with it . He removes it by His rough wind In the day of the east wind . * Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered ; And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin : When he makes all the stones of the altar Like chalkstones that are beaten to dust , Wooden images and incense altars shall not stand . * Yet the fortified city will be desolate , The habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness ; There the calf will feed , and there it will lie down And consume its branches . * When its boughs are withered , they will be broken off ; The women come and set them on fire . For it is a people of no understanding ; Therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them , And He who formed them will show them no favor . * And it shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will thresh , From the channel of the River to the Brook of Egypt ; And you will be gathered one by one , O you children of Israel . * So it shall be in that day : The great trumpet will be blown ; They will come , who are about to perish in the land of Assyria , And they who are outcasts in the land of Egypt , And shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem . * Woe to the crown of pride , to the drunkards of Ephraim , Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower Which is at the head of the verdant valleys , To those who are overcome with wine !

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