Isaiah:23-25

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* 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 . * Be still , ye inhabitants of the isle ; thou whom the merchants of Zidon , that pass over the sea , have replenished . * And by great waters the seed of Sihor , the harvest of the river , is her revenue ; and she is a mart of nations . * 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 . * As at the report concerning Egypt , so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre . * Pass ye over to Tarshish ; howl , ye inhabitants of the isle . * Is this your joyous city , whose antiquity is of ancient days ? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn . * Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre , the crowning city , whose merchants are princes , whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth ? * 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 . * Pass through thy land as a river , O daughter of Tarshish : there is no more strength . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * Howl , ye ships of Tarshish : for your strength is laid waste . * 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 . * Take an harp , go about the city , thou harlot that hast been forgotten ; make sweet melody , sing many songs , that thou mayest be remembered . * 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 . * 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 . * Behold , the LORD maketh the earth empty , and maketh it waste , and turneth it upside down , and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof . * 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 taker of usury , so with the giver of usury to him . * The land shall be utterly emptied , and utterly spoiled : for the LORD hath spoken this word . * The earth mourneth and fadeth away , the world languisheth and fadeth away , the haughty people of the earth do languish . * The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof ; because they have transgressed the laws , changed the ordinance , broken the everlasting covenant . * Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth , and they that dwell therein are desolate : therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned , and few men left . * The new wine mourneth , the vine languisheth , all the merryhearted do sigh . * The mirth of tabrets ceaseth , the noise of them that rejoice endeth , the joy of the harp ceaseth . * They shall not drink wine with a song ; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it . * The city of confusion is broken down : every house is shut up , that no man may come in . * There is a crying for wine in the streets ; all joy is darkened , the mirth of the land is gone . * In the city is left desolation , and the gate is smitten with destruction . * When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people , there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree , and as the gleaning 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 . * Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires , even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea . * From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs , even glory to the righteous . But I said , My leanness , my leanness , woe unto me ! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously ; yea , the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously . * Fear , and the pit , and the snare , are upon thee , O inhabitant of the earth . * And it shall come to pass , that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit ; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare : for the windows from on high are open , and the foundations of the earth do shake . * The earth is utterly broken down , the earth is clean dissolved , the earth is moved exceedingly . * The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard , and shall be removed like a cottage ; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it ; and it shall fall , and not rise again . * And it shall come to pass in that day , that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high , and the kings of the earth upon the earth . * And they shall be gathered together , as prisoners are gathered in the pit , and shall be shut up in the prison , and after many days shall they be visited . * Then the moon shall be confounded , and the sun ashamed , when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion , and in Jerusalem , and before his ancients gloriously . * O LORD , thou art my God ; I will exalt thee , I will praise thy name ; for thou hast done wonderful things ; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth . * For thou hast made of a city an heap ; of a defenced city a ruin : a palace of strangers to be no city ; it shall never be built . * Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee , the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee . * For thou hast been a strength to the poor , a strength to the needy in his distress , a refuge from the storm , a shadow from the heat , when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall . * Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers , as the heat in a dry place ; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud : the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low . * And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things , a feast of wines on the lees , of fat things full of marrow , of wines on the lees well refined . * And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people , and the vail that is spread over all nations . * He will swallow up death in victory ; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces ; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth : for the LORD hath spoken it . * And it shall be said in that day , Lo , 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 in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest , and Moab shall be trodden down under him , even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill . * And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them , as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim : and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands . * And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down , lay low , and bring to the ground , even to the dust . * In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah ; We have a strong city ; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks .

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