Isaiah 23 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 The Burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For it hath been destroyed, Without house, without entrance, From the land of Chittim it was revealed to them. The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor! From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them. A prophecy against Tyre: Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus word has come to them.
2 Be silent, ye inhabitants of the isle, Trader of Zidon, passing the sea, they filled thee. Be still, O inhabitants of the coast; the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you. Be silent, you people of the island and you merchants of Sidon, whom the seafarers have enriched.
3 And in many waters is the seed of Sihor, The harvest of the brook is her increase, And she is a mart of nations. And on many waters your revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile; you were the merchant of the nations. On the great waters came the grain of the Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre, and she became the marketplace of the nations.
4 Be ashamed, O Zidon; for the sea spake, The strength of the sea, saying: 'I have not been pained, nor have I brought forth, Nor have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.' Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying: “I have neither labored nor given birth, I have neither reared young men nor brought up young women.” Be ashamed, Sidon, and you fortress of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have neither been in labor nor given birth; I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.”
5 As at the report of Egypt they are pained, So at the report of Tyre. When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish over the report about Tyre. When word comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report from Tyre.
6 Pass over to Tarshish, howl, ye inhabitants of the isle, Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coast! Cross over to Tarshish; wail, you people of the island.
7 Is this your exulting one? From the days of old is her antiquity, Carry her do her own feet afar off to sojourn. Is this your exultant city whose origin is from days of old, whose feet carried her to settle far away? Is this your city of revelry, the old, old city, whose feet have taken her to settle in far-off lands?
8 Who hath counselled this against Tyre, The crowning one, whose traders are princes, Her merchants the honoured of earth?' Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth? Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are renowned in the earth?
9 Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled it, To pollute the excellency of all beauty, To make light all the honoured of earth. The LORD of hosts has purposed it, to defile the pompous pride of all glory, to dishonor all the honored of the earth. The LORD Almighty planned it, to bring down her pride in all her splendor and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.
10 Pass through thy land as a brook, Daughter of Tarshish, there is no more a girdle. Cross over your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint anymore. Till your land as they do along the Nile, Daughter Tarshish, for you no longer have a harbor.
11 His hand He hath stretched out over the sea, He hath caused kingdoms to tremble, Jehovah hath charged concerning the merchant one, To destroy her strong places. He has stretched out his hand over the sea; he has shaken the kingdoms; the LORD has given command concerning Canaan to destroy its strongholds. The LORD has stretched out his hand over the sea and made its kingdoms tremble. He has given an order concerning Phoenicia that her fortresses be destroyed.
12 And He saith, 'Thou dost not add any more to exult, O oppressed one, virgin daughter of Zidon, To Chittim arise, pass over, Even there -- there is no rest for thee.' And he said: “You will no more exult, O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon; arise, cross over to Cyprus, even there you will have no rest.” He said, “No more of your reveling, Virgin Daughter Sidon, now crushed! “Up, cross over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.”
13 Lo, the land of the Chaldeans -- this people was not, Asshur founded it for the Ziim, They raised its watch-towers, They lifted up her palaces, -- He hath appointed her for a ruin! Behold the land of the Chaldeans! This is the people that was not; Assyria destined it for wild beasts. They erected their siege towers, they stripped her palaces bare, they made her a ruin. Look at the land of the Babylonians, this people that is now of no account! The Assyrians have made it a place for desert creatures; they raised up their siege towers, they stripped its fortresses bare and turned it into a ruin.
14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For your strength hath been destroyed. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste. Wail, you ships of Tarshish; your fortress is destroyed!
15 And it hath come to pass, in that day, That forgotten is Tyre seventy years, According to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years there is to Tyre as the song of the harlot. In that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute: At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the span of a king’s life. But at the end of these seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:
16 Take a harp, go round the city, O forgotten harlot, play well, Multiply song that thou mayest be remembered. “Take a harp; go about the city, O forgotten prostitute! Make sweet melody; sing many songs, that you may be remembered.” “Take up a harp, walk through the city, you forgotten prostitute; play the harp well, sing many a song, so that you will be remembered.”
17 And it hath come to pass, At the end of seventy years Jehovah inspecteth Tyre, And she hath repented of her gift, That she committed fornication With all kingdoms of the earth on the face of the ground. At the end of seventy years, the LORD 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. At the end of seventy years, the LORD will deal with Tyre. She will return to her lucrative prostitution and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.
18 And her merchandise and her gift have been holy to Jehovah, Not treasured up nor stored, For to those sitting before Jehovah is her merchandise, To eat to satiety, and for a lasting covering! Her merchandise and her wages will be holy to the LORD. It will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who dwell before the LORD. Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the LORD; they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothes.
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