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Isaiah 23:1-18 — Prophecy Against Tyre

Isa.23.1-18

¹An oracle concerning Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor! From the land of Kittim it has been revealed to them. ²Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, you whom the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled. ³On great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was her revenue, and she became the marketplace of the nations. ⁴Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying: “I have not been in labor, nor have I given birth; I have not raised young men, nor brought up young women.” ⁵When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony at the report about Tyre. ⁶Cross over to Tarshish; wail, you inhabitants of the coastland! ⁷Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from days of old, whose feet carried her far away to settle? ⁸Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honored of the earth? ⁹Yahweh of Hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all her glory, to bring into contempt all the honored of the earth. ¹⁰Pass through your land like the Nile , O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer any restraint. ¹¹He has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. Yahweh has given a command concerning Canaan to destroy its strongholds. ¹²And He said, “You shall exult no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Arise, cross over to Kittim; even there you will find no rest.” ¹³Behold the land of the Chaldeans—this people is no more. Assyria destined it for desert creatures. They set up their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, and made it a ruin. ¹⁴Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste! ¹⁵On that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the span of a single king's life. At the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute: ¹⁶“Take a harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten prostitute! Play sweet melody, sing many songs, so that you may be remembered.” ¹⁷At the end of seventy years, Yahweh will visit Tyre, and she will return to her wages, and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. ¹⁸Yet her merchandise and her wages will be set apart as holy to Yahweh; they will not be stored or hoarded, for her merchandise will belong to those who dwell in the presence of Yahweh , to eat sufficiently and for fine clothing.

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4/11/2026

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