| New King James Version | New Living Translation |
| 1The 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. | 1This message came to me concerning Tyre: Wail, you trading ships of Tarshish, for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone! The rumors you heard in Cyprus are all true. |
| 2Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon, Whom those who cross the sea have filled. | 2Mourn in silence, you people of the coast and you merchants of Sidon. Your traders crossed the sea, |
| 3And on great waters the grain of Shihor, The harvest of the River, is her revenue; And she is a marketplace for the nations. | 3sailing over deep waters. They brought you grain from Egypt and harvests from along the Nile. You were the marketplace of the world. |
| 4Be 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.” | 4But now you are put to shame, city of Sidon, for Tyre, the fortress of the sea, says, “Now I am childless; I have no sons or daughters.” |
| 5When the report reaches Egypt, They also will be in agony at the report of Tyre. | 5When Egypt hears the news about Tyre, there will be great sorrow. |
| 6Cross over to Tarshish; Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland! | 6Send word now to Tarshish! Wail, you people who live in distant lands! |
| 7Is this your joyous city, Whose antiquity is from ancient days, Whose feet carried her far off to dwell? | 7Is this silent ruin all that is left of your once joyous city? What a long history was yours! Think of all the colonists you sent to distant places. |
| 8Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, Whose merchants are princes, Whose traders are the honorable of the earth? | 8Who has brought this disaster on Tyre, that great creator of kingdoms? Her traders were all princes, her merchants were nobles. |
| 9The 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. | 9The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has done it to destroy your pride and bring low all earth’s nobility. |
| 10Overflow through your land like the River, O daughter of Tarshish; There is no more strength. | 10Come, people of Tarshish, sweep over the land like the flooding Nile, for Tyre is defenseless. |
| 11He stretched out His hand over the sea, He shook the kingdoms; The LORD has given a commandment against Canaan To destroy its strongholds. | 11The LORD held out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms of the earth. He has spoken out against Phoenicia, ordering that her fortresses be destroyed. |
| 12And 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.” | 12He says, “Never again will you rejoice, O daughter of Sidon, for you have been crushed. Even if you flee to Cyprus, you will find no rest.” |
| 13Behold, 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. | 13Look at the land of Babylonia — the people of that land are gone! The Assyrians have handed Babylon over to the wild animals of the desert. They have built siege ramps against its walls, torn down its palaces, and turned it to a heap of rubble. |
| 14Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For your strength is laid waste. | 14Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for your harbor is destroyed! |
| 15Now 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: | 15For seventy years, the length of a king’s life, Tyre will be forgotten. But then the city will come back to life as in the song about the prostitute: |
| 16“Take a harp, go about the city, You forgotten harlot; Make sweet melody, sing many songs, That you may be remembered.” | 16Take a harp and walk the streets, you forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody and sing your songs so you will be remembered again. |
| 17And 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. | 17Yes, after seventy years the LORD will revive Tyre. But she will be no different than she was before. She will again be a prostitute to all kingdoms around the world. |
| 18Her 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. | 18But in the end her profits will be given to the LORD. Her wealth will not be hoarded but will provide good food and fine clothing for the LORD’s priests. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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