1 GLT An oracle for Tyre: Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for it is destroyed, without home, without harbor. From the land of Cyprus it has been 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 GLT Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast; the merchant of Sidon, who travels over the sea, has filled you. BSB BSB: Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
3 GLT And on the great waters{ was} the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile{ was} her produce, and it became the commerce 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 GLT Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the mighty one of the sea, saying,“I have not labored and I have not given birth, and I have not raised young men{ nor} brought up young women.” 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 GLT When the report{ comes} to Egypt, they will be grieved concerning the report of Tyre. BSB BSB: When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
6 GLT Cross over to Tarshish; wail, you inhabitants of the coast. BSB BSB: Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
7 GLT Is this your joyful one, whose origin{ is} from ancient times, whose feet carried her far away to settle? BSB BSB: Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?
8 GLT Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants{ are} princes, whose traders{ are} the honored ones 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 GLT Yahweh of hosts has planned it to dishonor the pride of all the glory, to shame all the honored 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 GLT Cross over your land like the Nile, you daughter of Tarshish.{ There is} no restraint anymore. BSB BSB: Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
11 GLT He has reached out his hand over the sea; he has shaken the kingdoms. Yahweh has commanded to Canaan to destroy its strongholds. 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 GLT And he said,“You will not continue to rejoice again, you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon; arise, pass over{ to} Cyprus; there also you will not have 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 GLT Behold, the land of the Chaldeans. This people is naught. The Assyrians have established it for wild animals. They erected their siege towers; they demolished its palaces; they made it ruins. 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 GLT Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for your refuge has been destroyed. BSB BSB: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!
15 GLT And it will happen on that day that Tyre will be forgotten 70 years, like the days of one king. After the end of 70 years it will happen in Tyre like{ in} the song of the prostitute: 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 GLT Take a harp, go about the city, you forgotten prostitute; play well, multiply song, so that you may 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 GLT And it will happen, from the end of 70 years, Yahweh will visit Tyre, and she will return to her wages and to her prostitution of all the kingdoms of the earth on the face of the ground. 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 GLT And her profits and earnings will be set apart to Yahweh. They will not be stored up or kept in the treasury, for her profits will be given to those who live in Yahweh’ s presence and will be used to supply them with abundant food and so they can have the best quality clothing. 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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