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1 This is the divine revelation about Tyre. Cry loudly, you ships of Tarshish! Your port at Tyre is destroyed. Word has come to the ships from Cyprus. 2 Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants from Sidon. Your messengers have crossed the sea. 3 The grain of Shihor is on the Mediterranean. The harvest of the Nile River is brought to Tyre. Tyre became the marketplace for the nations. 4 Be ashamed, Sidon, because the stronghold by the sea has spoken, |I've never been in labor or given birth. I've raised no sons. I've brought up no daughters.| 5 When the news reaches Egypt, the Egyptians will shudder over the news about Tyre. 6 Travel to Tarshish! Cry loudly, you inhabitants of the seacoast! 7 Is this your bustling city founded in the distant past? Is this the city that sent its people to settle in distant lands? 8 Who planned such a thing against Tyre, the city that produced kings? Its merchants are princes. Its traders are among the honored people of the world. 9 The LORD of Armies planned this in order to dishonor all arrogant people and to humiliate all the honored people of the world. Isaiah 23:1-9, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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