The Burden against Tyre (Ezekiel 26:1–21)
1 DRA The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is revealed to them. BSB BSB: This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
2 DRA Be silent, you that dwell in the island: the merchants of Sidon passing over the sea, have filled thee. BSB BSB: Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
3 DRA The seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the mart of the nations. BSB BSB: On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.
4 DRA Be thou ashamed, O Sidon: for the sea speaketh, even the strength of the sea, saying: I have not been in labour, nor have I brought forth, nor have I nourished up young men, nor brought up virgins. BSB BSB: Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
5 DRA When it shall be heard in Egypt, they will be sorry when they shall hear of Tyre: BSB BSB: When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
6 DRA Pass over the seas, howl, ye inhabitants of the island. BSB BSB: Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
7 DRA Is not this your city, which gloried from of old in her antiquity? her feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. BSB BSB: Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?
8 DRA Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, that was formerly crowned, whose merchants were princes, and her traders the nobles of the earth? BSB BSB: Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
9 DRA The Lord of hosts hath designed it, to pull down the pride of all glory, and bring to disgrace all the glorious ones of the earth. BSB BSB: The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
10 DRA Pass thy land as a river, O daughter of the sea, thou hast a girdle no more. BSB BSB: Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
11 DRA He stretched out his hand over the sea, he troubled kingdoms: the Lord hath given a charge against Chanaan, to destroy the strong ones thereof. BSB BSB: The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
12 DRA And he said: Thou shalt glory no more, O virgin daughter of Sidon, who art oppressed: arise and sail over to Cethim, there also thou shalt have no, rest. BSB BSB: He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”
13 DRA Behold the land of the Chaldeans, there was not such a people, the Assyrian founded it: they have led away the strong ones thereof into captivity, they have destroyed the houses thereof, they have brought it to ruin. BSB BSB: Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
14 DRA Howl, O ye ships of the sea, for your strength is laid waste. BSB BSB: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!
15 DRA And it shall come to pass in that day that thou, O Tyre, shalt be forgotten, seventy years, according to the days of one king: but after seventy years, there shall be unto Tyre as the song of a harlot. BSB BSB: At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
16 DRA Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten: sing well, sing many a song, that thou mayst be remembered. BSB BSB: “Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
17 DRA And it shall come to pass after seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and will bring her back again to her traffic: and she shall commit fornication again with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. BSB BSB: And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.
18 DRA And her merchandise and her hire shall be sanctified to the Lord: they shall not be kept in store, nor laid up: for her merchandise shall be for them that shall dwell before the Lord, that they may eat unto fulness, and be clothed for a continuance. BSB BSB: Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.
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