Thematic Bible
Isaiah 23:1 (show verse)
The oracle of Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, for {the house is destroyed so that no one can enter}; it is announced to them from the land of Cyprus.
Isaiah 23:2 (show verse)
Be still, inhabitants of [the] coast, merchant of Sidon, who travels over [the] sea, they filled you.
Isaiah 23:3 (show verse)
And on [the] great waters [is] the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile [is] its produce, and she was [the] merchandise of [the] nations.
Isaiah 23:4 (show verse)
Be ashamed, Sidon, for [the] sea, the fortress of the sea said, saying, "I was not in labor, and I have not given birth, and I have not reared young men, brought up young women.
Isaiah 23:5 (show verse)
When [the] report [comes] to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report {about} Tyre.
Isaiah 23:6 (show verse)
Cross over [to] Tarshish! Wail, inhabitants of [the] coast!
Isaiah 23:7 (show verse)
{Is this your exultant one}, her origin from the days of long ago? Her feet brought her to dwell afar as an alien.
Isaiah 23:8 (show verse)
Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants [were] princes, her traders [the] honored ones of [the] earth?
Isaiah 23:9 (show verse)
Yahweh of hosts has planned it: to defile [the] pride of all glory, to humble all [the] honored ones of [the] earth.
Isaiah 23:10 (show verse)
Cross over your [own] land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
Isaiah 23:11 (show verse)
He has stretched his hand out over the sea; he has made kingdoms shake. Yahweh has commanded concerning Canaan to destroy her fortresses.
Isaiah 23:12 (show verse)
And he said, "You will not {continue} to exult, crushed one, {virgin} daughter of Sidon. Arise, cross over [to] Cyprus! There will be no rest for you even there."
Isaiah 23:13 (show verse)
Look [at] the land of the Chaldeans! {This people no longer exists. Assyria destined} it for wild animals. They erected its siege towers; they demolished its citadel fortresses. It made her like a ruin.
Isaiah 23:14 (show verse)
Wail, ships of Tarshish! For your fortress is destroyed
Isaiah 23:15 (show verse)
And this will happen on that day: And Tyre [will] be forgotten seventy years, like the days of one king. At [the] end of seventy years, it will be for Tyre like the song of the prostitute:
Isaiah 23:16 (show verse)
"Take a harp, go around [the] city, forgotten prostitute! Do [it] well, playing a stringed instrument! Make numerous songs, that you may be remembered."
Isaiah 23:17 (show verse)
And this shall happen: at [the] end of seventy years, Yahweh will visit Tyre, and she will return to her harlot's wages, and she will commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
Isaiah 23:18 (show verse)
And this shall happen: her merchandise and her harlot's wages [will be] set apart for Yahweh; it will not be stored up, and it will not be hoarded, but her merchandise will be for those who live before the {presence} of Yahweh, for eating to satiation and for fine clothing.