Isaiah:23-25
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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 .
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Be still ,
you inhabitants of the coastland ,
You merchants of Sidon ,
Whom those who cross the sea have filled .
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And on great waters the grain of Shihor ,
The harvest of the River ,
is her revenue ;
And she is a marketplace for the nations .
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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 ."
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When the report reaches Egypt ,
They also will be in agony at the report of Tyre .
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Cross over to Tarshish ;
Wail ,
you inhabitants of the coastland !
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Is this your joyous city ,
Whose antiquity is from ancient days ,
Whose feet carried her far off to dwell ?
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Who has taken this counsel against Tyre ,
the crowning city ,
Whose merchants are princes ,
Whose traders are the honorable of the earth ?
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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 .
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Overflow through your land like the 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 has given a commandment against Canaan To destroy its strongholds .
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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 ."
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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 .
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Wail ,
you ships of Tarshish !
For your strength is laid waste .
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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 :
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Take a harp ,
go about the city ,
You forgotten harlot ;
Make sweet melody ,
sing many songs ,
That you may be remembered ."
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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 .
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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 .
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Behold ,
the LORD makes the earth empty and makes it waste ,
Distorts its surface And scatters abroad its inhabitants .
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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 .
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The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered ,
For the LORD has spoken this word .
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The earth mourns and fades away ,
The world languishes and fades away ;
The haughty people of the earth languish .
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The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants ,
Because they have transgressed the laws ,
Changed the ordinance ,
Broken the everlasting covenant .
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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 .
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The new wine fails ,
the vine languishes ,
All the merry-hearted sigh .
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The mirth of the tambourine ceases ,
The noise of the jubilant ends ,
The joy of the harp ceases .
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They shall not drink wine with a song ;
Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it .
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The city of confusion is broken down ;
Every house is shut up ,
so that none may go in .
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There is a cry for wine in the streets ,
All joy is darkened ,
The mirth of the land is gone .
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In the city desolation is left ,
And the gate is stricken with destruction .
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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 .
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They shall lift up their voice ,
they shall sing ;
For the majesty of the LORD They shall cry aloud from the sea .
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Therefore glorify the LORD in the dawning light ,
The name of the LORD God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea .
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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 ."
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Fear and the pit and the snare Are upon you ,
O inhabitant of the earth .
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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 .
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The earth is violently broken ,
The earth is split open ,
The earth is shaken exceedingly .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Therefore the strong people will glorify You ;
The city of the terrible nations will fear You .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ."
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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 .
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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 .
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The fortress of the high fort of your walls He will bring down ,
lay low ,
And bring to the ground ,
down to the dust .
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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 .
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