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Isaiah 23

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Isaiah 23 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.

ASV: 1ASV

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 Kittim it is revealed to them.

WEB: 2WEB

Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon that pass over the sea have replenished.

ASV: 2ASV

Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

WEB: 3WEB

On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.

ASV: 3ASV

And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.

WEB: 4WEB

Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have not travailed, nor given birth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.”

ASV: 4ASV

Be thou ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea hath spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.

WEB: 5WEB

When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre.

ASV: 5ASV

When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

WEB: 6WEB

Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!

ASV: 6ASV

Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast.

WEB: 7WEB

Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her far away to travel?

ASV: 7ASV

Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?

WEB: 8WEB

Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?

ASV: 8ASV

Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?

WEB: 9WEB

The LORD of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

ASV: 9ASV

Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

WEB: 10WEB

Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.

ASV: 10ASV

Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more.

WEB: 11WEB

He has stretched out his hand over the sea. He has shaken the kingdoms. The LORD has ordered the destruction of Canaan’s strongholds.

ASV: 11ASV

He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof.

WEB: 12WEB

He said, “You shall rejoice no more, you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Kittim. Even there you will have no rest.”

ASV: 12ASV

And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon: arise, pass over to Kittim; even there shalt thou have no rest.

WEB: 13WEB

Behold, the land of the Chaldeans. This people didn’t exist. The Assyrians founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness. They set up their towers. They overthrew its palaces. They made it a ruin.

ASV: 13ASV

Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: this people was not; the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness; they set up their towers; they overthrew the palaces thereof; they made it a ruin.

WEB: 14WEB

Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!

ASV: 14ASV

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.

WEB: 15WEB

It will come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. After the end of seventy years it will be to Tyre like in the song of the prostitute.

ASV: 15ASV

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 it shall be unto Tyre as in the song of the harlot.

WEB: 16WEB

Take a harp; go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten. Make sweet melody. Sing many songs, that you may be remembered.

ASV: 16ASV

Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

WEB: 17WEB

It will happen after the end of seventy years that the LORD will visit Tyre. She will return to her wages, and will play the prostitute with all the kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth.

ASV: 17ASV

And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

WEB: 18WEB

Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to the LORD. It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

ASV: 18ASV

And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.