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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation |
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| 23:1 | The burden of |
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. |
| 23:2 | Be |
Be silent, ye inhabitants of the isle, Trader of Zidon, passing the sea, they filled thee. |
| 23:3 | And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. | And in many waters `is' the seed of Sihor, The harvest of the brook `is' her increase, And she is a mart of nations. |
| 23:4 | Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. | 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.' |
| 23:5 | As at the report concerning |
As `at' the report of Egypt they are pained, So `at' the report of Tyre. |
| 23:6 | Pass ye over to |
Pass over to Tarshish, howl, ye inhabitants of the isle, |
| 23:7 | Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her |
Is this your exulting one? From the days of old `is' her antiquity, Carry her do her own feet afar off to sojourn. |
| 23:8 | Who hath taken this counsel against |
Who hath counselled this against Tyre, The crowning one, whose traders `are' princes, Her merchants the honoured of earth?' |
| 23:9 | The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, |
Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled it, To pollute the excellency of all beauty, To make light all the honoured of earth. |
| 23:10 | Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of |
Pass through thy land as a brook, Daughter of Tarshish, there is no more a girdle. |
| 23:11 | He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the |
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. |
| 23:12 | And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest. | 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.' |
| 23:13 | Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin. | 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! |
| 23:14 | Howl, ye ships of |
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For your strength hath been destroyed. |
| 23:15 | And it shall come to pass in that day, that |
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. |
| 23:16 | Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. | Take a harp, go round the city, O forgotten harlot, play well, Multiply song that thou mayest be remembered. |
| 23:17 | And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit |
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. |
| 23:18 | And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for |
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! |