Proclamation Against Tyre
1 Theburden 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.
2 Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon,
Whom those who cross the sea have filled.
3 And on great waters the grain of Shihor,
The harvest of the River,isher revenue;
# Andshe is a marketplace for the nations.
4 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,
Norbring up virgins.”
5 When the reportreachesEgypt,
They also will be in agony at the report of Tyre.
6 Cross over to Tarshish;
Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!
7 Isthis yourjoyouscity,
Whose antiquityisfrom ancient days,
Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?
8 Who has taken this counsel against Tyre,the crowningcity,
Whose merchantsareprinces,
Whose tradersarethe honorable of the earth?
9 TheLordof hosts haspurposed it,
# To bring to dishonor thepride of all glory,
To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
10 Overflow through your land like the River,
O daughter of Tarshish;
Thereisno more strength.
11 He stretched out His hand over the sea,
He shook the kingdoms;
# TheLordhas given a commandmentagainst Canaan
To destroy its strongholds.
12 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.”
13 Behold, the land of theChaldeans,
This peoplewhichwas not;
# Assyria founded it forwild beasts of the desert.
They set up its towers,
They raised up its palaces,
Andbrought it to ruin.
14 Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For your strength is laid waste.
15 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 asinthe song of the harlot:
16 “Take a harp, go about the city,
You forgotten harlot;
Make sweet melody, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.”
17 And it shall be, at the end of seventy years, that theLordwill deal with Tyre. She will return to her hire, andcommit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
18 Her gain and her paywill be set apart for theLord; it will not be treasured nor laid up, for her gain will be for those who dwell before theLord, to eat sufficiently, and for fine clothing.