Isaiah 23:1-14

The Oracle concerning Tyre

23¹ The oracle concerning Tyre . Wail , O ships of Tarshish , For Tyre is destroyed , without house or harbor ; It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus . ² Be silent , you inhabitants of the coastland , You merchants of Sidon ; Your messengers crossed the sea ³ And were on many waters . The grain of the Nile , the harvest of the River was her revenue ; And she was the market of nations . ⁴ Be ashamed , O Sidon ; For the sea speaks , the stronghold of the sea , saying , "I have neither travailed nor given birth , I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins . ⁵ When the report reaches Egypt , They will be in anguish at the report of Tyre . ⁶ Pass over to Tarshish ; Wail , O inhabitants of the coastland . ⁷ Is this your jubilant city, Whose origin is from antiquity , Whose feet used to carry her to colonize distant places? ⁸ Who has planned this against Tyre , the bestower of crowns , Whose merchants were princes , whose traders were the honored of the earth ? ⁹ The Lord of hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty , To despise all the honored of the earth . ¹⁰ Overflow your land like the Nile , O daughter of Tarshish , There is no more restraint . ¹¹ He has stretched His hand out over the sea , He has made the kingdoms tremble ; The Lord has given a command concerning Canaan to demolish its strongholds . ¹² He has said , " You shall exult no more e , O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon . Arise , pass over to Cyprus ; even there you will find no rest ." ¹³ Behold , the land of the Chaldeans -this is the people which was not; Assyria appointed it for desert creatures -they erected their siege towers , they stripped its palaces , they made it a ruin . ¹⁴ Wail , O ships of Tarshish , For your stronghold is destroyed